The Difficult Relationships Between Iran And USA – Who Is Looking For, or to Whom a War Is Convenient?
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Human Wrongs Watch By Fernando Ayala*
21 August 2019 (Wall Street International)* — The theocratic revolution of 1978 led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini which ended the monarchy and dictatorship of the Shah, Reza Pahlavi, had several consequences on the political map of the Middle East.
A street in Iran | Photo from Wall Street International.
We must not forget that the United Kingdom and the United States were great allies of Iran and of Pahlavi.
So much so that today it is known that in 1953, with the consent of the Shah these two countries overthrew the then Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddek, who had been democratically elected in 1951 and had the bad idea of nationalizing oil with the majority support of the Iranian Parliament.
Fernando Ayala, former Ambassador, is a graduate economist at the University of Zagreb in Croatia and holds a master’s degree in Political Science from the Catholic University of Chile.
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He is currently consultant in Rome for FAO on South-South cooperation, academic and parliamentary issues.
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*Fernando Ayala‘s article was published in Wall Street International. Go to Original.
2019 Human Wrongs Watch
