• cashsky@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    Let’s just not talk about how the US overthrew a democratically elected government and installed a puppet who was deeply unpopular and was later overthrown after a revolution which caused the current leader to be in power due to a power vacuum which then lead to deep sanctions from US and US allies so they’ve had to try and be self sufficient.

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      14 hours ago

      Still, Iranians were overall more satisfied under The Shah’s regime than those that followed.

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        9 hours ago

        Imagine going from democratic government to a monarch like western puppet with foreign backing out of no where. Id imaging you would be pretty unhappy and would try to overthrow and hope something better would come along. Of course you don’t know what’s gonna fill that power vacuum but you are suffering NOW and want change NOW. Seems pretty logical.

        • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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          33 minutes ago

          There is also a lot of info about the CIA teaching the Iranian gov’t effective torture techniques. I totally understand the animosity.