Several people killed in airstrike, including Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi and his deputy

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPM
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    8 months ago

    Not exactly. Iran was cool and happy with US and western goods, life was good, but then US decided to slap the sanctions and through various US power moves it bullied the rest of the western world into applying them too. So Iran went overnight from a progressive and growing country into poor and isolated from the rest of the world. Which turned people of Iran from praising US to hating them with everything they are. You are right in that they did elect current leaders, but it is directly related to US actions.

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      8 months ago

      And also, to be fair, it’s not easy to overthrow an entrenched violent regime full of brutal religious fuckwits.