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The CIA and MI6 helped overthrow the legitimate government of Iran rather than allow their prime minsiter, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Iran's parliament to nationalize "our" oil. They installed our friend, the Shah of Iran, as ruler. He treated opponents with brutality and torture. In 1979, a revolution ousted the Shah and led to the installation of a Supreme Leader. When the exiled Shah came to the U.S. for cancer treatment, furious Iranian militants invaded the U.S. embassy and took hostages (during the Carter administration). Some evidence suggests the Reagan campaign asked Iran to delay the hostage release in order to affect the US election. Ultimatley, it appeared to the American public as though Reagan threatened Iran, and Iran released the hostages. Since we canceled their democracy due to our economic concerns (greed), our leaders who label Iran as an evil empire should also remind people of our part in creating this mess.