Google 1970s Iran vs now. It’s an interesting contrast of how quickly societies can change; and some would argue, not towards the future but backwards.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This picture exists to sell the libs on how amazing the coup was the West did in Iran in 1953 called Operation Ajax. They overthrew the Iranian democratic government and install a liberal “king” as leader

    It was a few liberal elites in the capital enjoying their riches by selling their country out.

    The average population of Iran looked nothing like this image.

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      2 months ago

      And also many of the forces participating in the revolution were quite democratic and even progressive. It’s just that Homeini and co gave them sort of a night of the long knives and created the theocracy.