▲ 83 ▼ Anon wonders about Iranian leader (lemmy.zip) submitted 8 months ago by EngineX@lemmy.zip to c/greentext@lemmy.ml 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 15 points 8 months ago (1 child) This war did not start yesterday permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago No and if British petrol hasn't been such greedy bastards Iran wouldn't have spiralled into theocracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat In 1953, the CIA- and MI6-backed 1953 Iranian coup d'état overthrew Iran's Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, who had nationalized the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.[5][6][7] The coup reinstated Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as an absolute monarch and significantly increased United States influence over Iran.[8] So they helped end democratic rule and put a despot in place that was corrupt in their favor. The son of whom they are trying to get back into power now This corruption caused this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution A theocratic despot who somehow hated the us and UK. This all could've been helped by letting the democracy be and paying a fair share for the oil extracted from the country, but that was somehow a bridge too far. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago No and if British petrol hasn't been such greedy bastards Iran wouldn't have spiralled into theocracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat In 1953, the CIA- and MI6-backed 1953 Iranian coup d'état overthrew Iran's Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, who had nationalized the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.[5][6][7] The coup reinstated Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as an absolute monarch and significantly increased United States influence over Iran.[8] So they helped end democratic rule and put a despot in place that was corrupt in their favor. The son of whom they are trying to get back into power now This corruption caused this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution A theocratic despot who somehow hated the us and UK. This all could've been helped by letting the democracy be and paying a fair share for the oil extracted from the country, but that was somehow a bridge too far. permalink fedilink source parent