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SsurebreC t1_j06no88 wrote

Reply to comment by freediverx01 in Iran execution: Man publicly hanged from crane amid protests by eskimo_e63

I've seen photos of Iran and it was gorgeous. China is also beautiful. So is Jordan and Egypt. It depends on where you look specifically considering vast majority of the planet is poor - including Iran even back then. Gorgeous architecture and a reasonably well-dressed population doesn't mean what I said didn't happen. More info...

I'm certainly not defending the current crop of religious wingnuts ruling the country with an iron fist but they simply replaced an unelected dictator which goes back to a long line of other unelected dictators going back to the BC era.

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freediverx01 t1_j06nvvi wrote

Why does everyone keep missing my central point which is that Iran held democratic elections, and elected their own leader only for the CIA to come in and overthrow him because he was a threat to American oil companies. And that’s what led to the subsequent revolution by Muslim clerics who rule the country with an iron fist today.

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SsurebreC t1_j06pbgu wrote

Oh sorry, I was focused on the "Iran was fine" bit that you started with. Iran was not fine (as far as being free). Iran had a dictator - an unelected king (aka Shah) at the time. Mohammad Mosaddegh was just the prime minister. The Shah was still in charge of Iran and personally appointed those who elected prime ministers.

CIA simply removed the Prime Minister.

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