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barbazooyesterday at 3:31 PM1 replyview on HN

Check out the history behind this and how the US has treated Iran because of their Oil for almost a hundred years now. This is 100% on the west in my opinion. We've been abusing these people for the longest time.


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cobbzillayesterday at 3:38 PM

Before the US it was the British with BP.

Before the British with BP it was the British East India Company.

Before the British EIC there were various periods of Arab, Turk and Mongol control.

Persia has been a political football since Alexander the Great. Cursed geography.