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It was the West what broke it. The 1979 revolution probably would not had happened had the US and UK not overthrown the Prime Minister in the 50s, because he h
by NeedMoreTea 8y ago
It was the West what broke it.
The 1979 revolution probably would not had happened had the US and UK not overthrown the Prime Minister in the 50s, because he had the audacity to nationalise his country's oil. How very dare he. Once the Shah returned he turned initial popularity (thanks to an economy spared from the oil nationalisation sanctions) into a repressive dictatorship.