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
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.
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'état
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.