The History of Iran and Winston Churchill Exposes How the Past Repeats Itself

“We think we’re so clever and brilliant wading into countries, plunging in and firing missiles. But we don’t think of the absolutely catastrophic effects that they can have many decades down the line.” On BBC Question Time, George Monbiot explains that the Islamic Republic was partly established in response to British and American imperial action. In 1953, Western powers overthrew a democratically elected Iranian government in the process of nationalising Iranian oil, paving the way for an Islamic Republic hostile to Western powers.