> Security forces have responded with a deadly crackdown to the protests, among the strongest challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution ended 2,500 years of monarchy.
Iran had a democratically elected government in 1953 when the US and UK overthrew their democracy, and installed the dictator/monarch, the Shaw.
Iran had a democratically elected government in 1953 when the US and UK overthrew their democracy, and installed the dictator/monarch, the Shaw.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/cia-admits-rol...
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/iran/2017-08-08/1953...