In 1953, Iran had a democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, who committed what, in the eyes of the British Empire and the United States, was an unforgivable sin: he nationalized Iran’s oil industry.
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in reply to Coach Pāṇini ® • • •and false flag attacks to create chaos and justify intervention. Hundreds died in the streets of Tehran as the Shah—an autocratic monarch—was reinstalled with #American and British backing.
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in reply to Coach Pāṇini ® • • •still being felt, not only in Iran, but across the entire Middle East.
Yet, in the American imagination, #history often starts with the hostage crisis, or with the latest missile launch, or with the rhetoric of “rogue states.” We’re taught to see Iran as an irrational enemy, a threat to “our” interests, never as a nation whose modern history was violently derailed by foreign powers seeking oil and geopolitical dominance. The coup became a blueprint for U.S. and British interventions (5/11)
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in reply to Coach Pāṇini ® • • •around the world, fueling a legacy of distrust, blowback, and endless war.
This is not ancient #history. The U.S. government only formally admitted its role in the coup in 2013, after decades of denial and the destruction of key documents. The British government’s involvement was only acknowledged even more recently. The details are staggering: CIA operatives posing as communists bombing mosques to stir up religious opposition, paying mobsters to riot in the streets, and bribing editors (6/11)
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Unknown parent • • •Imagine if a foreign power overthrew your government, installed a dictator, and then lectured you for decades about freedom and democracy. Imagine if, every time you tried to chart your own course, you were met with sanctions, threats, and military intervention.
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... its intent to dismantle the EU.
It weaponizes bigotry & fear to further its aims.
Islamophobia. Antivaxxer. Misogyny. Racism. Religious factional infighting.
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The industry is preparing to steal the oil reserves of Canada & Greenland.
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Fossil fuel interests aren't necessarily "Western"
It includes Venezuela, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Middle East, America, Russia, Kazakhstan, UK, Canada, Australia -- the industry funds public corruption & fascist movements around the world
To stop climate action, they have funded wars on Ukraine, genocide in Gaza, undermined Africa's economic growth, & destabilized South & Central America's democracies for a century
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Unknown parent • • •It's clear the fossil fuel industry is evil, but what has that got to do with Iran... they have replaced the Western fossil fuel industry evil with a different kind of evil. It seems for you people "it's only evil if it's from the West"
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Unknown parent • • •If we truly want peace, if we want to avoid another catastrophic war, the first step is #honesty. We have to confront our own history, acknowledge the violence committed in our name, and reject the amnesia that allows us to repeat the same mistakes over and over. Until we do, every new crisis will be haunted by the ghosts of 1953—and the world will continue to pay the price for our refusal to learn from the past.
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in reply to Coach Pāṇini ® • • •thank you for the reminder. This is stuff I knew, but it certainly seems like the rhetoric in the US is ignorant of this history. The general public, seemingly willing to say, "why don't we nuke that whole area, they seem all crazy" seems deeply ignorant of the role the CIA played in setting up modern Iran.
This history should never be forgotten, it is the ultimate argument for non-interference. Unintended consequences when an administration tries to chose favored dictators.