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[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They didn’t do the islamic revolution but they did do a coup 26 years earlier (for oil, of course) which installed the government that the islamic revolution was revolting against.

Edit: For more context these are some of the policies of the man the US overthrew (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh#Prime_Minister_of_Iran)

The new administration introduced a wide range of social reforms: unemployment compensation was introduced, factory owners were ordered to pay benefits to sick and injured workers, and peasants were freed from forced labour in their landlords' estates. In 1952, Mosaddegh passed the Land Reform Act, which forced landlords to place 20% of their revenue into a development fund. This development fund paid for various projects such as public baths, rural housing, and pest control.[34]

In March 1951, Mosaddegh nationalised the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, cancelling its oil concession, which was otherwise set to expire in 1993, and expropriating its assets. Mosaddegh saw the AIOC as an arm of the British government controlling much of the oil in Iran, pushing him to seize what the British had built in Iran.[35] The next month, a committee of five majlis deputies was sent to Khuzistan to enforce the nationalisation.[36][37] Mosaddegh justified his nationalisation policy by claiming Iran was "the rightful owner..." of all the oil in Iran.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They didn’t do the islamic revolution

The islamic revolution is the iranian revolution.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes I was saying they as in America didn’t do the islamic/iranian revolution

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh okay. you just linked to the iranian revolution, so

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, my bad. I fixed the link