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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
What would Iran (and Lebanon) look like today if not for 1979?
Tehran and Beirut would be at the top of the best cities in the world to visit/live.
The Iranian revolution pretty much took the country back to the stone age. Sad.
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Yes, but 1979 would never have happened if we hadn't overthrown their democracy in 43, and again in 51 and kept a brutal dicktator (sic) in power through the 60's and 70's who had the SAVAK supress any dissidents.
'79 was a predictable reaction to the wests exploitation of Iran for its oil.