21 September 2021 – In the first panel of the Global Middle East Seminar Series for the Fall 2021 semester, authors Malcolm Byrne and Kian Byrne discussed their new book, Worlds Apart: A Documentary History of U.S.-Iranian Relations, 1978-2018 (Cambridge University Press, 2021). In this unique history, Byrne and Byrne put the records first to explore the key themes, trends, and issues that have defined, and at times plagued, the U.S.-Iranian relationship over the past 40 years.