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In the 1970s the US was encouraging Iran to become a nuclear power (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Shah_of_Iran_building_two_nuclear_plants.jpg
by Context_free 6y ago
In the 1970s the US was encouraging Iran to become a nuclear power (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Shah_of_Iran_building_two_nuclear_plants.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Shah_of_Iran_... ). The US was also still supporting the mullahs, as it had since the 1950s, against the secular left and anti imperial nationalists like Mossadegh.