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12. They had a pretty liberal democratic

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #11)

Sat May 16, 2026, 04:01 PM

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government and system until the 1950s, we the USA and Britain along with two large oil companies overthrew it and installed the repressive Shah and his secret police and stole the oil. About the only choice for them was to replace it with a religious government and that included Shia Law.
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