@MeanwhileinCanada

Iran, from 1953 to 1979, was ruled by a brutal despot, the Shah.

During his reign Iran had secret police, the SAVAK, who would jail people or outright murder them for voicing dissent. He lavished himself in luxury, especially in 1967, when he crowned himself Shāhanshāh, literally "King of Kings," — because being King wasn't enough.

The reason his reign of terror holds such a propagandistic place in western media is because he was a useful puppet to the British and the US.

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