The irony of Americans chastising Iranians for not living in a democratic country given how Iran ended up as a theocracy...

I'm not chastising them for anything. I'm explaining my view on the rationale of their leadership.

That being said, if you're talking about the 1953 coup, ask the British about that. Also, it doesn't take away from the fact that the 1979 revolution didn't install any sort of representative government, either.