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Re:70 years ago, an Anglo-US coup condemned Iran to decades ... by enkid on Saturday August 19, 2023 @02:31PM (#37191665)
The US and UK assisted a nationalist and westernized monarch retain and consolidate power. They did not install a theocratic government. The current theocratic government came into power as a reaction against the Shah the British and US had helped.
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Re:70 years ago, an Anglo-US coup condemned Iran to decades ... by orwin on Saturday August 19, 2023 @02:45PM (#37191793)
'retain'. He was democratically booted of Iran, and his first coup failed.

The democratically elected president had even more western values and his only flaw was that he was a bit too socialist for the local elites, who couldn't have thrown him off without US pushing for cooperation.

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