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People forget that the US installed a capitalist dictator in Iran in the 1950s, which then became a crucial ally to the United States and Israel. Then, in the 70s, realizing the people were going to revolt, we helped install the current regime
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Anonymous 12w

What was up with all those pics of Iran before the Islamist revolution? A lie?

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Anonymous 12w

People forget that literally every modern conflict in the Middle East is the fault of US intervention and violence

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Anonymous 12w

Source?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

That was life under the US-installed Shah, where there was a relaxation of certain religious laws, but also a massive crackdown on political dissent of any kind, and a completely exploitative trade relationship with the United States.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

The Islamic Revolution happened because the Shah sucked in major ways, the religious extremists were just able to latch onto the popular discontent and say “The Shah is as evil as he is because he has fallen out of step with Islam and instead is a puppet of the Christian West” which is a statement I disagree with, because I don’t think religion had anything to do with why the Shah sucked. But he WAS 100% a puppet of the West selling out his own people for Western interests, that part was true.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

The Islamic Revolution in Iran is a complicated case, because the people absolutely had legitimate reason to overthrow the Shah, but I absolutely agree that the Ayatollah is only a marginal improvement. Middle Eastern revolutions often go that way, where yeah clearly the pre-Revolutionary leader was unpopular and had to go, but the Revolutionary leadership isn’t really that much better. Iran’s revolutionaries at least achieved stability though, they may not be righteous but they were effective.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

Those pictures show the life of the educated Tehrani elite. The majority of Iranians weren’t nearly so westernized

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 12w

Found it!

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 12w

Watch Persepolis or read the book

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