It was the CIA who put the “Shah” into power in the 1953 coup. Before this Iran had a democratically elected prime minister who nationalised the country’s oil, his name was Mohammad Mosaddegh. The USA have never been big fans of middle Eastern countries controlling their own oil.
Yeah… Probably nothing to do with the fact we’ve been fucking with them since we helped to overthrow their Shah…
It was the CIA who put the “Shah” into power in the 1953 coup. Before this Iran had a democratically elected prime minister who nationalised the country’s oil, his name was Mohammad Mosaddegh. The USA have never been big fans of middle Eastern countries controlling their own oil.
Thank you for the correction!
No worries, it’s hard to keep track of who America has screwed over and when.
Indeed. We’re the baddies, Hans…