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Old 07-05-2019, 02:08 AM  
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can anybody really blame iran for not wanting american thugs in their region?


In 1953, the CIA and MI6 orchestrated a coup d’tat overthrowing the duly and democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammed Mosaddegh. They replaced him with Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, who imposed a reign of terror with the support of the US and Great Britain targeting any who supported Mosaddegh or opposed the Shah. The Shah was seen as a puppet of the West in a country with a history and a culture going back over 2000 years. This environment allowed radical religious conservative elements to exploit the hegemonic behavior of the US and Great Britain to their cause and ultimately to the overthrow of the Shah and the imposition of the Islamic Republic in 1979.
After the imposition of the theocratic regime, some students took control of the US Embassy and held hostages for 444 days a violation of international law. The US undertook a rescue effort that failed. The hostages were released in 1981. As a result, relations between the US and Iran have been almost non-existent except through third parties.
With the release of the hostages, the most serious event was the accidental downing of an Irani passenger liner in 1988. Since then both parties continue a diplomatic jousting match. The US gives almost unconditional support to Iran’s geopolitical of Israel and Saudi Arabia rivals while Iran continued to enrich uranium and act through proxies. Then in 2015, the EU and the permanent members of the UN reached an agreement with Iran to halt the enrichment of uranium. In 2018, Trump withdrew from the agreement and initiated a series of very harsh sanctions even targeting any entity that dared to continue to trade with Iran. All of this even though the inspectors verified the compliance of the Iranians. As a result, Iran resumed enrichment of its uranium and is pitting the US against not only our European allies but the other signatories of the JCOPA.
In conclusion, before overthrowing a duly and democratically elected government in a sovereign country with a culture and civilization thousands of years older than your own consider the consequences not five years in the future, not ten years in the future, but fifty or seventy years in the future.
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