[Geggy]

Preechr,

the reason for the downfall of Iran was because US and Britian was behind the toppling of mossdegh and destroying Iran in which mossadgh secured it as a democratic nation 50 years ago. After mossdegh complained the Brits were swindling million of dollars out of their oil industry and not giving Iran a fair share of profit, the US and Brits worked together in an operation called Ajax to remove the undesire and uncooperative government under messdegh and actually were responsible for installing puppet regime in Tehran. Iran was under rule of dictatorship by Shah, and yes Shah relied heavily on the US's aid and arms supply. It went on as long as almost 30 years. Iran never recovered from it and you wonder why there have been backlashes of anti-americanism from the people of iran. I know you're going to accuse me for being a far leftist for saying these things but it's a fact. The bush administration is currently in the exact process of what had happened before the toppling of mossadegh 50 years ago.