Most Iranians I’ve spoken to reject the current regime — but they also don’t want to be “liberated” by the U.S.

The irony is profound: this regime likely wouldn’t exist if not for the 1953 coup — Operation Ajax — orchestrated by the very powers that now claim to champion democracy.  By overthrowing Prime Minister Mosaddegh’s elected government, the U.S. and UK installed the Shah, whose 25-year authoritarian rule fueled the deep distrust that later empowered the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Decades of sanctions and interference since then have only deepened Iran’s economic instability — not its liberation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJRcOF7rEfQ