"This is how my life kicked off. My cosmopolitan country, with all its flaws, was pitched a #RegimeChange free of #Corruption, returning #Iran to its political independence, civic pride, social harmony, & out from under the exploitative #OilDeals with the west. #TheShah disposed of his critics & enemies, the Islamic #Revolution promised a better way. We would be richer, happier, healthier, safer. & then they immediately ousted the educated class..."
#MehranKhaghani #coup https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15WriKL6GS/

> Carter is a man who is loyal to his friends. Only a few weeks after his letter to Somoza, President Carter “telephoned the royal palace [in Iran] to express support for Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, who faced the worst crisis of his 37-year reign.”283 This time, Carter’s communication followed the machine-gunning of demonstrators by the Shah’s military forces, armed and trained in the United States...
#PresidentCarter and #TheShah in #Iran #PEHR by #ChomskyAndHerman #WashingtonConnection