Except the US didn’t put in the current regime. In fact, that’s the exact opposite of what happened.
Iran had a functional democracy until the UK convinced the US to overthrow them and install a dictator that allowed BP to extract all the oil they wanted. That regime pissed off the populace, leading to the Iranian Civil War which led to the overthroing of the US-backed dictatorship and Ayatollah coming to power.
It is not the argument if they were evil before the US intervened
You can not change the past and currently they are a oppresive religious dictatorship
You don’t think the US putting in place the current regime has anything to do with the way that regime acts now?
Except the US didn’t put in the current regime. In fact, that’s the exact opposite of what happened.
Iran had a functional democracy until the UK convinced the US to overthrow them and install a dictator that allowed BP to extract all the oil they wanted. That regime pissed off the populace, leading to the Iranian Civil War which led to the overthroing of the US-backed dictatorship and Ayatollah coming to power.
Apologies, should have stated better. You are correct - what I meant is the current regime is there as a direct result of US intervention