Iran-Al Qaeda Alliance Enabled 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings

(New York, N.Y.)On August 7, 1998 suicide bombers blew up their pick-up trucks in front of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Among the 224 people  killed were 12 Americans. In 2011, a U.S. district court judge found that Iran was culpable for the bombings, providing “material support” to al Qaeda essential for the execution of the attacks.

Iran’s alliance with al Qaeda took place while then-President Mohammad Khatami was promoting his “dialogue among civilizations,” an attempt to portray the regime as being moderate. This myth of moderation continues to the present day despite Iran’s 40-year history of terror and turmoil.

UANI’s report Al Qaeda Alliance Against the US, documents the development of the Iran-al Qaeda relationship.