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mememeyou ago

CIA installed Shah in 1953 coup:

"It was the first covert action of the United States to overthrow a foreign government during peacetime."

Jews of Iran: "The years of the Pahlavi dynasty, however — especially the reign of Muhammad Reza Shah (1941-1979) — are often considered a “Golden Age” for Iranian Jewry."

An Iranian explains his experience being tortured by this secret police (SAVAK).