The corporate media likes to start the history of the US-Iran relationship with the overthrow of the Shah Rezi Pahlavi in 1979, which conveniently renders the animosity of Iranians toward America as something mysterious. But if you go back further in time, you will find a very good reason for Iranian animus. In 1953 the US and Britain orchestrated the overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister. Patricia Kullberg, our Well Read Red, reads excerpts from an article titled: “The Price of Not Knowing: Iran, Corporate Interests, and America’s Cycle of Violence,” by Sara Van Gelder. It was published in Common Dreams on March 11, 2026. The full article is available at https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/iran-conflict-origins.
Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh of Iran at his court-martial following the US and UK-backed overthrow of his democratically elected regime. Photo by Ebrahim Golestan licensed for public use: https://picryl.com/media/mohammad-mosaddegh-in-court-martial-by-ebrahim-golestan-1-befe47