What's amusing is that having visited Iran several times i can tell you that virtually everyone talks about England's strong support for Iran's government and involvement in the '79 overthrow of the Shah. The Iranian people who're very pro-US absolutely hate the British [whom they believe was behind the '79 revolution, and who currently cannot be argued supports the Iranian government]. Iranian youth separate us from the Brits - the Iranian government actually thanked the British government for "years of friendship" on their IRIB network recently. It was once quoted that the Mullahs were the biggest weapon the British had/have in Iran. Khomeini was a mere peasant with no money and virtually no following - he received tons of cash from MI5, safe sanctuary in France, and free daily news coverage from BBC, question the question. How is it that virtually all of the demonstrators against the Shah were originally Leftists and Secular Democrats, and Iran ended up with an Islamist government?