Don't know why you are being down voted. I mean Iran had a democracy that was toppled by the CIA when they tried to nationalise their resources in favour of a puppet dictator. If the US cared so much about human rights why not go invade Saudi Arabia.

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RiverStone 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Go look at photos of the Iranian Revolution. You’ll see pictures of millions of Iranians involved.

It’s infantilizing to act like Iranians weren’t capable of their own decisions, or their own mistakes in this case.

This talking point that “the CIA did it“ has never been accurate.

	▲	orwin 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I know someone whose clan was involved (still were when I last talked to him, before the US left Afghanistan). Of course the CIA/MI6 used local support, but they did have an impact on when, who and how. And on the power structure from 53 onwards.
	▲	rando1234 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		My point is that any Americans claiming moral legitimacy for these actions due to human rights considerations should give us all a break. And are you really claiming the CIA was not involved in instigating a coup to bring in the Shah?