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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DrALJONES wrote:
Short doco: Iran: The making of a war
A CIA-MI6 coup in 1953 ousted the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh & installed a US-compliant monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Societal discontent with two decades of Pahlavi's repressive policies & continued western interference culminated in the 1979 revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.