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Something similar happened with the US and Iran. The Shah paid for military fighter jets, but then the Islamist theocracy took over. So the US froze the money a
by drak0n1c 6y ago
Something similar happened with the US and Iran. The Shah paid for military fighter jets, but then the Islamist theocracy took over. So the US froze the money and obviously wasn't going to deliver the jets to a USSR supported regime. The question of property legitimacy after a revolution is a recurring one throughout history.
https://time.com/4441046/400-million-iran-hostage-history/ https://time.com/4441046/400-million-iran-hostage-history/
- selimthegrim 6y agoSince when was Khomeini USSR supported? Tudeh and MeK got their butts handed to them pretty early on.
- drak0n1c 6y agoIn the beginnings and first few years the revolution was supported, but relations cooled by 1984. https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/the-soviet-union-and-the-iranian-revolution/ https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/the-soviet-union-and-t...