It’s worth noting that Iran was a democracy until the 1953, when the US and UK supported a coup to install a corrupt dictator so they could avoid paying oil fees. The 1979 Iranian revolution was the pendulum swinging back hard the other way.
I’m in no way supporting Iran’s religious extremism or current government, but they are monsters that we created.
Edit: it has been pointed out that the pendulum metaphor isn’t quite right, and that makes sense to me, but I’ll leave it since people have responded to it.
I’m in no way supporting Iran’s religious extremism or current government, but they are monsters that we created.
The coup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat?...
Edit: it has been pointed out that the pendulum metaphor isn’t quite right, and that makes sense to me, but I’ll leave it since people have responded to it.