00:00Why does the U.S. hate Iran?
00:01Iran has some of the world's largest oil reserves,
00:04but until 1951, Britain effectively controlled Iran's oil industry,
00:08while Iran received only 16% of the profits.
00:11Then Prime Minister Mohamed Mossadegh nationalized Iran's oil industry
00:15and took it back from British control.
00:17Then Britain and the United States launched Operation Ajax,
00:20overthrowing Mossadegh and restoring the Shah to power in 1953,
00:23who was backed by the United States.
00:25After that, 40% of Iran's oil was handed to U.S. companies under the new consortium.
00:29The Shah ruled for 26 years,
00:31but his regime grew increasingly corrupt and dictatorial,
00:34with his secret police brutally crushing all opposition.
00:37He was widely viewed as a Western puppet
00:39who handed Iran's oil resources to foreign companies.
00:41By 1979, the Iranian people had had enough and overthrew him,
00:45bringing Khomeini to power,
00:46who then restored full Iranian control over the country's oil industry.
00:50Later, Iran revived and expanded its nuclear program,
00:52and as a result, strict economic sanctions were imposed on Iran.
00:55Even when Iran came to the negotiating table and showed signs of compromise,
00:59the talks were repeatedly undermined by U.S. pressure, sanctions, and Israeli strikes.
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