El enfrentamiento entre Irán y Estados Unidos no es nuevo | Noticias Telemundo

The United States attacks Iran and Trump says he does it to stop the regime. But history tells us something else. More than 70 years ago, in 1953, the United States overthrew this man, Mohammad Mossadegh, the first Iranian minister, democratically elected. His mistake? Nationalizing British and American oil. In his place, Washington put this other man.

It's the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. A monarch who acted as a dictator, he held power for 25 years. He had a secret police, he practiced torture, censorship, all with the support of the United States. And the result was the revolution of 1979. The regime collapsed and the vacuum of power was filled with the Ayatollahs. Who are the Ayatollahs?

Well, they are religious Shiites who believe that God must govern the state. They established a totalitarian regime without real elections, without opposition, without rights for women and minorities. It is an anti-Western regime, and that is the ironic thing, that this regime was largely formed by what the United States did in 1953. Today, the Ayatollah Khamenei is dead. But what's next? In this book, Stephen Kinzer warns that attacking Iran again Today, the Ayatollah Khamenei is dead. But what's next? In this book, Stephen Kinzer warns that attacking Iran again does not correct the original mistake, it may be repeating it.