Re: US Iran Nuclear deal
Iran had to go through what it did…had it not, it would be ruled by pliant dictators beholden to dictates from either Washington or the Kremlin. Such is the price for independence.
There was a glimmer of hope: neither east, nor west…Islam. So was the slogan. At the time, sympathetic people thought it meant Iran would take a swiss-like approach to the super powers, but it wasn’t to be. These were ideological fools who wanted to export their revolution, rather than harness it for progress. In the end the aspirations of the clerics simply did not match their ability to project power. Iranian grumblings did not win it friends, and in time they had to suffer through the disastrous Iran-Iraq war, which is really what retarded Iranian growth, imho. And as far as I can tell, that was an act of Iraqi aggression against Iran and so a war not of their choosing.
The tragedy of Iran begins with the usurpation of power from Mosaddegh.