Post #3048834
2024-11-04 18:56 UTC
@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social
Iran, from 1953 to 1979, was ruled by a brutal despot, the Shah.
During his reign Iran had secret police, the SAVAK, who would jail people or outright murder them for voicing dissent. He lavished himself in luxury, especially in 1967, when he crowned himself Shāhanshāh, literally "King of Kings," — because being King wasn't enough.
The reason his reign of terror holds such a propagandistic place in western media is because he was a useful puppet to the British and the US.
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@timfordwrites@mstdn.ca 2024-11-04 18:59
@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social The groundwork for Ayatollah Khomeini was laid by the British and the US dominating Iran for their economic interests, including overthrowing the democratically elected government in 1953, because it threatened to introduce socialism to Iran's oil, attacking British superiority. The truth is, the vitriol against modern Iran, which is merely a continuation of the previous authoritarianism, is entirely about it no longer being economically friendly to the US and the UK.