Anyone who doesn't understand the role of the British government and the CIA under the Eisenhower administration in toppling the duly-elected Mossadegh government of Iran in 1953 is totally ignorant of the subject. This country's dealing with Iran over 50+ years is one of the primary reasons why people all over the Middle East regard the U.S. as thoroughly hypocritical and untrustworthy when one jack@ss after another in the White House stands up and offers some kind of silly pontifications about "freedom," "making the world safe for democracy," etc.
excuse me?!
"Duly elected" with huge amounts of Soviet money and support.