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hedda_foil

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8. We read Weekly Reader too and they covered the Shah replacing Mossadegh but...

Reply to Jit423 (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 03:43 PM

Jun 18

the fact that it was a US coup was never discussed, nor were the all-important oil interests. The Shah was always presented as a glamorous royal figure who was "friendly" to America -- not as the tyrannical autocrat he actually was. The handling of the Shah, in US news media in general, was equivalent to the treatment given top male movie stars.

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