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This is what the US does with countries when they won't play ball. Perhaps Iran should've been more grateful when they were freed from the tyranny of Democracy. The US had a lovely dictator picked out just for them.

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Iran is not a democracy, candidates at the presidential election in the coming weeks must be approved by a counsel. The latter doesn't allow liberal candidates, and iranians have lost interest in the coming election because it will keep the Theocracy currently ruling in power.

Also, the supreme leader is at the top of Iran's power structure and is not elected by the iranian population.

The US had no problem with the Shah and have no problem with Saudi Arabia, despite the war in Yemen and the murder of Khashoggi. The only have a problem if they can't get the oil, ask Mohammad Mosaddegh.

Yes, that happened after they overthrew the US supported dictator. Learn some history.

And how are those your (America’s) problems? Why do you care?

I am not american, and I wish iranians to have the freedom to chose their government. Most of them hate the islamic regime, this is a country with so much potential, ruined by a Theocracy.

Maybe if the US hadn’t toppled Irans government and installed a puppet in 1956, things would look differently.

All roads lead back to that. I wish more people would learn about what took place then and the impact it still has today.

Yes and the US caused this system. What we see today is the US being angry at a system they are to blame for.

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