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wagwangyesterday at 7:10 PM1 replyview on HN

lol we are here because 75 years ago in the era of peace and tranquility, CIA deposed the democratically elected secular leader of iran


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Aloisiusyesterday at 8:21 PM

Iran's elections 75 years ago were about as democratic as North Korea's. They were just theater. Everyone was involved in rigging, candidates, the monarchy, foreign nations, etc., Mosaddegh included.

And peace and tranquility? Iran was in economic chaos before the PM was dismissed in 1953. They were printing money to pay salaries because the British refused to transport their oil, cutting off their main source of income.

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