• Gorgeous_George
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    4 days ago

    Not like the theocracy isn’t the fault of the US too.

    Iran democratically elected Mohammad Mosaddegh who wanted to nationalize Iran’s own oil. In response the CIA and MI6 instigated a coup, installing Shah Reza Pahlavi, who then so much terrorized his own people that they had to rally behind religious extremist Ruhollah Khomeini to get rid of the Shah…