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This is the Persian empire...

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...known today as Iran.

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For 2500 years, this land was ruled by a series of kings...

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...known as shahs.

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In 1950, the people of Iran elected Mohammad Mosaddegh...

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...a secular democrat, as prime minister.

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He nationalized British and U.S. petroleum holdings...

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...returning Iran's oil to its people.

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But in 1953...

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...the U.S. and Great Britain engineered a coup d'état that deposed Mosaddegh....

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...and installed Reza Pahlavi as shah.

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The young shah was known for opulence and excess.

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His wife was rumored to bathe in milk...

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...while the shah had his lunches flown in by Concorde from Paris.

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The people starved.

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The shah kept power through his ruthless internal police:

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The SAVAK.

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An era of torture and fear began.

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He then began a campaign to westernize Iran...

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...enraging a mostly traditional Shiite population.