For twenty-six years, the Shah ruled Iran as a Western puppet. His secret police, SAVAK (trained by the CIA and Mossad), imprisoned, tortured, and killed thousands of political dissidents
Excellent article but it leaves out some detail of the 1979 revolution, mainly the "group of 60" resistance to the Islamic fundamentalists which MI-6 helped the Islamists put down as the threat of socialism, like in 1953, was the preeminent threat to British and American oil company control of the region.
„The tragedy is that both narratives can cite abundant evidence, and neither can acknowledge the legitimacy of the other’s grievances. The American story of an outlaw regime sponsoring terrorism and pursuing nuclear weapons is not false.“
“Understanding this history does not require excusing the Iranian domestic “repression”, its support for allies like Ansar-Allah or Hezbollah or Hamas, or its nuclear “deceptions”.”
Of course! How horrible that Iran supports resistance in Yemen and in Gaza!…
For twenty-six years, the Shah ruled Iran as a Western puppet. His secret police, SAVAK (trained by the CIA and Mossad), imprisoned, tortured, and killed thousands of political dissidents
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US in 2025: Meet the new Shah, same as the old Shah
Excellent article but it leaves out some detail of the 1979 revolution, mainly the "group of 60" resistance to the Islamic fundamentalists which MI-6 helped the Islamists put down as the threat of socialism, like in 1953, was the preeminent threat to British and American oil company control of the region.
„The tragedy is that both narratives can cite abundant evidence, and neither can acknowledge the legitimacy of the other’s grievances. The American story of an outlaw regime sponsoring terrorism and pursuing nuclear weapons is not false.“
I rest my case.
False equivalence.
“Understanding this history does not require excusing the Iranian domestic “repression”, its support for allies like Ansar-Allah or Hezbollah or Hamas, or its nuclear “deceptions”.”
Of course! How horrible that Iran supports resistance in Yemen and in Gaza!…