Google 1970s Iran vs now. It’s an interesting contrast of how quickly societies can change; and some would argue, not towards the future but backwards.

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Oh no history goes on a bit. The US backed shah started to grow a bit arrogant with his oil 20 years in, so it was time for a switch up

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter's_engagement_with_Ruhollah_Khomeini

          The report was based on “newly declassified US diplomatic cables”.[1][2] According to the report, as mentioned by The Guardian, Khomeini "went to great lengths to ensure the Americans would not jeopardise his plans to return to Iran - and even personally wrote to US officials" and assured them not to worry about their interests in Iran, particularly oil.[1][2] According to the report, in turn, Carter and his administration helped Khomeini and made sure that the Imperial Iranian army would not launch a military coup.[1][2]

        • Cruxifux@feddit.nlEnglish
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          2 months ago

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'état

          It would not have happened without operation Ajax, which lead to the Islamic Revolution. The US backed the Shah because he wasn’t Mossaddegh or however you spell his name. The US simply did not want a socialist in power, and backing the Shah is part of what destroyed Iran. They gave not one shit about the Iranian people son.

          • psvrh@lemmy.caEnglish
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            2 months ago

            It wasn’t so much about the socialism as it was about domestic (Iranian) control of domestic oil.

            Socialism was just the icing on the interventionist cake.

          • robolemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            That’s true but saying the CIA and/or the USA as a whole “backed” the Islamic revolution is an outright lie. They backed an evil, sadistic, despotic government and that led to the revolution. They no more wanted the current regime than they wanted the previous one.

          • Skua@kbin.earth
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            2 months ago

            You have misunderstood the person you’re replying to. The Islamic revolution happened in 1979, 26 years after the separate CIA-backed coup. The CIA-backed one overthrew Mossadegh for a more monarchist rule under the Shah, Pahlavi. The Islamic one, which was not backed by the CIA, overthrew the Pahlavi dynasy and replaced it with a theocracy under Ayatollah Khomeini

          • Nougat@fedia.io
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            2 months ago

            Yes, of course the US (and UK) essentially installed the Shah in Iran in 1953. That was not the Islamic Revolution.

            The CIA backed Islamic Revolution*

            The Islamic Revolution happened in 1979, and was by no means “CIA backed.”