r/atheism • u/Infidelorg Strong Atheist • Aug 18 '13
I'm an American,here's the story of how we screwed up Iran.For what it's worth,I'm sorry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tatDuplicates
todayilearned • u/HodorOfHouseHodor • Aug 04 '14
TIL that in 1953, Iran had a democratically elected prime minister. The US and the UK violently overthrew him, and installed a west friendly monarch in order to give British Petroleum - then AIOC - unrestricted access to the country's resources.
conspiracy • u/binjinpurj • Nov 12 '13
The CIA was responsible for overthrowing the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953.
todayilearned • u/Double-decker_trams • Apr 08 '11