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In reply to the discussion: Remember this: Iran gave us Ronald Reagan. [View all]polly7
(20,582 posts)16. I also don't see the reason for any hate towards Iran.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8374897 - This is actually a fascinating thread on the history of Iran re the coup, I've just finished reading it all .. Octafish and others did a great job here.http://www.alternet.org/story/153801/a_brief_history_of_america%27s_dumb_policies_towards_iran?paging=off¤t_page=1#bookmark
SAVAK has been described as Iran's "most hated and feared institution" prior to the revolution of 1979 because of its practice of torturing and executing opponents of the Pahlavi regime.[2][3] At its peak, the organization had as many as 60,000 agents serving in its ranks according to one source,[4] although Gholam Reza Afkhami estimates SAVAK staffing at between 4,000 and 6,000.[5]
Sources disagree over how many victims SAVAK had and how inhumane its techniques were. Writing at the time of the Shah's overthrow, TIME magazine described SAVAK as having "long been Iran's most hated and feared institution" which had "tortured and murdered thousands of the Shah's opponents."[23] The Federation of American Scientists also found it guilty of "the torture and execution of thousands of political prisoners" and symbolizing "the Shah's rule from 1963-79." The FAS list of SAVAK torture methods included "electric shock, whipping, beating, inserting broken glass and pouring boiling water into the rectum, tying weights to the testicles, and the extraction of teeth and nails." [24]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAVAK
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On the other hand, it is ironic that we are allied with the sponsors of Sunni terrorism
FarCenter
Nov 2013
#8
Reagan returned the favor by serving up 240 Marines as sitting ducks for a truck bomb
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#10
A lot of the mess that was Iran and the oil crisis at the time was set in place before Carter...
cascadiance
Nov 2013
#30
Why did the CIA overthrow Iran's leftist prez? (Excuse my ignorance re this.)
polichick
Nov 2013
#20
Okay, you admit we overthrew their elected government for imperialist reasons...
Comrade Grumpy
Nov 2013
#25
It's hard to blame just one entity in this mess... Hell, we could perhaps blame BP the most!
cascadiance
Nov 2013
#28
And I want to add one more item that is positive for Iran's new generation. More educated women!
cascadiance
Nov 2013
#61
remember: reagan sold arms illegally to iran and funneled the money to the contras
spanone
Nov 2013
#39
don't foget, that Reagan's staff stole stole the debate plan book from Carter
gopiscrap
Nov 2013
#55