Also a reminder that while the Iranian regime is undeniably horrible, it is also the result of CIA and MI6 instigating (in 1953) a coup d'état against the government of Iran that had a democratic mandate, over oil:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
Here's the Wikipedia page about the prime minister of that government, Mohammad Mosaddegh:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh
The coup made shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi an authoritarian monarch with US backing. His oppressive regime ended with the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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