In 1953, Iran had a democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, who committed what, in the eyes of the British Empire and the United States, was an unforgivable sin: he nationalized Iran’s oil industry.

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@paninid
Naomi Klein's book Shock Doctrine has a section on this. A very informative book.
Illuminates just exactly what the Oligarchs and the right wing fascists are trying to do right now.