New Delhi, March 31 -- US President Donald Trump's recent nuclear warning to Iran has triggered fresh 'nuclear threats' stand-off between the two countries. Iran has allegedly "loaded all launchers" in its underground missile cities and is ready to attack, after Trump threatened to bomb the country if it did not reach a deal on its nuclear program.

This stand-off, however, is not new. These tensions have been simmering for decades now, with the US and Iran at loggerheads over the latter's ambition for nuclear prowess.

In 1953, even as Iran started becoming tired of foreign involvement in their affairs, the US helped stage a coup to overthrow Iran's elected prime minister, Mossadegh.

At the time, Mossadegh's move to nationalise the coun...