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 and some people still think 9/11 was an attack out of the blue - it was anything but. Resentment of constant American interference had been brewing for decades ... and they struck back.