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@@baivesan very true, but the DJI version is a Chinese-owned company. Sadly, there has been a lot of PLA spyware and other software built into the drones equipment. The US Government is now banning it from military use and I believe the FBI is recommending no law enforcement use it either. It is a better drone, but its also under PLA and MSS control.
Hello. Iranian from inside Iran here( internets back up on a limited scale) . I feel the need to mention something. In regards to people fed up with the sanctions and their effects on the commoner, I ve seen two major mindsets so far. One with people seeing the west as the ultimate tyrant, aiming to spread distrust between people and their "caring " government only to cause the downfall of the regime by turning the people on their " protectors " holding every action committed by the regime so far to be justifiable one way or another. The other mindset sees the sanctions as rational and expected reactions of a foreign world our leaders and politicians have been purposefully aggrevating, so they can feed off the reactions by portraying them as unprovoked warmongers ( as all oppressive systems need an obligatory sworn enemy, most may resort to creating one. And given the history, theres none better than the us. ) the second group believes if it werent for the radical views of the regime along with the belief they were god's destined few to lead the world to the truth( actual propaganda) we wouldnt have casted our selves out from the world. So the regime needs to change. Recent protests in iran are being held by the second group, with the regime supporting the heavily outnumbered first group. The clips you see on iranian national TV( FULLY regime controlled) are of the first group. The recent protests( captured on phones mostly) show the second group. Theres a lot more detail I can get into but this comments already pretty long.
Evidence shows that invading a country and then giving it back "to the people" fails most of the time. The true change happens when the citizens rise up and overthrow tyranny. Resentment is the result of the former. If US wants to truly "stabilize" a nation they must conquer and keep that nation, which the people of the US do not want. We don't want to be tyrants and we abhor the Presidents that try.
The Iranian people are too smart have an authoritarian regime mired in religious dogma from the 800s. If people choose to follow such dogma, let them do so in the context of a free society. It’s like if the Amish or Hassidics forced they ways on everyone else. Ridiculous!!!
As an Iranian I would like to thank you for finally correcting the whole “democratically elected” thing for Mossadegh. On the other hand there were some quite large mistakes for example, the shah was not installed by America after the fall of Mossadegh. He was already king. As you mentioned Mossadegh was appointed. Well he was appointed by the king. In Persian the word “shah” means king. Also please stop calling Pahlavi, “Pawell” 😂❤
Can you go into more detail here about Mosaddegh? Was he selected as PM by other members of parliament or was there another mechanism for this? I'm just trying to understand what happened.
The whole mess that was that period of political upheaval is a black mark against the US and our international relations in the Persian Gulf. I have zero sympathy for what we did to Iran, and the aftermath we wrought from all the garbage we did there. That said, I would prefer that Trump didn't sabotage the efforts to limit more potential nuke armed countries existing. I think the US will be cleaning up the mess that Trump caused for decades to come. >_< Hopefully Iran will get good terms from a more rational US leadership with a new deal to prevent them generating and distributing nukes to those we are at odds with.
14:45 the $1.7B sent to lran actually belonged to lran. Shortly before the Revolution lran paid the US $.5B for arms that were never delivered due to the Revolution and which remained in US banks gaining interest while the refund was being arbitrated. Iran appeared to be winning the matter and in position to receive a settlement several times higher than $1.7B but they settled for that figure. So it wasn't US taxpayers' $ that was sent to lran it was lran's.
You skipped over some pretty MAJOR AND SIGNIFICANT history. Namely the '79 hostage crisis, the US support for Saddam during the Iran-iraq war, the Oliver North/ Reagan arms for hostages deal and the fairly massive naval war fought between the US and Iranian navies in '87.
@@SuperSanic.. I would argue those events make the US look no worse than the original sin of the coup. In fact, the arms for hostages episode puts the hypocrisy of the Islamic Republic on full display. They literally, based on their own rhetoric, made a deal with the devil (i.e. "The Great Satan")
There was no naval war between the US and Iran. It was a singular engagement that lasted only a couple hours and the Iranians essentially were massacred.
I wonder if to the Romans if they would even see us as successors to the west, as to them their neighboring Celtic Gauls were barbarians not to say their views on germanic peoples which the "West" like UK and US derive from culturally. Though through institution like legal theories and culturally we definitely see them as forefathers, I wonder if they would see us as descendants.
Dude, this is an amazing amount of information! I'm 61 years old and lived through a lot of this history. You're doing a great job pulling all of this information together. THANK YOU!
Why does it seem like America and Russia simply take turns invading countries? And then the inevitable outcome is the exact opposite of what the invaders wanted.
2 important problems with your video : 1. Mosadeq was elected by parliamentary elections and not appointed, so saying he was democratically elected is accurate and correct. 2. Mosadeq's offer was 50-50 sharing of profits with the british which the british rejected and not 100 percent of profits for Iran, nationalization of oil was after the british rejected the 50-50 offer.
Hey Cappy, really appreciate you going into the history and politics of contemporary conflicts and showing both sides! I knew the history of tension between the West and Iran in broad strokes, but I missed many of the nuances you showed here. Good job, thanks!
What's preventing him from doing the same about the Western involvement in Ukraine? Victoria Nuland was caught on tape plotting a coup. Acknowledging that doesn't have to make you a Putin shill.
Tragic you take your Intel from a TH-cam channel made by a pretty cool guy who is also just an ex-enlisted soldier rather than take the time to read up on takes from historians, economics and other experts. His takes are over simplistic and leave out a massive amount of information. This is why you millenials should never vote. You are too lazy to investigate issues and form your own opinions. 10 minute clips on social media us all you can be bothered to invest
While not perfect in terms of completeness, this was perfectly done - enough information to educate the masses on the history and details of the conflict, raising most people's awareness and understanding beyond what education systems and the media have been capable of. This kind of information-not-ideology presentation is something the world needs more of. Well done sir.
Misinformation is not accurate information! But, completely understand when a Vlog like this pops up on your phone, seems legitimate, right! Because it’s on the internet 🤯
@@progressiveleader7347 I have Iranian friends who have said this is reasonably accurate, some others have said the same in the comments. Are you suggestion this is complete misinformation?
You've missed a huge and very important chapter of Iranian involvement in the French nuclear program, which meant giving Iran its own nuclear plants as well as uranium rods for them, yet it was cancelled... after Iran already paid the full amount for its side of the deal (to build the French railroad in Gabon). So yeah, Iran was used left right and centre by the West.
yes I definitely missed a lot of parts that I should have covered , I'll do a follow up video if people enjoy this one and I'll try to cover the important things that I missed
Actually France refunded that money with interest in 1991. To total of 1.6 billion dollars. So don't be dragging peoples name through the mud without doing your research
He is not telling the whole story. For example ballistic ,missile was not a part of the Iran nuclear deal and hence cannot be used as a reason to tear apart the nuclear deal.
Thanks cappy! You've been my favorite streamer of 2022, I've learned so much about world relations from your channel. thanks for opening my eyes just a bit wider!
thanks for watching buddy I really appreciate it ! glad you've gained more of an interest in world relations from the content , it's a fascinating subject
"Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it." I really wish more people would be interested in global history at least in USA at least I find way to many people who just don't care about or thing history is "boring." History is the biggest and most in depth story that will ever exist with the added benefit that it happened and isn't made up like a fantasy story is.
You mentioned wanting to be a be a fair view on both sides when making earlier videos and I believe this is a prime example. I am happy to have learned more and it is truly wonderful to see commenters from Iran supporting and/or providing corrections to the information. Thank you!
I always try my best to present the information in a fair way and if I can't avoid my bias I try to at least present both sides of the argument , even if I disagree with it. not everyone likes that approach and I can understand why , and I fail at it sometimes but I'm glad some people appreciate my effort to be even handed
Good report, but you might have noted that the $1.7B cash sent to Iran by the Obama administration was essentially Iran's own money -- principal + interest released from accounts previously frozen by sanctions emplaced during the 1979 revolution.
Totally biased against Iran side. As an Iranian I would say many hypothesis and assumptions were made only based on lack of knowledge or possibly conflict of interest (biased judgement). Name pronunciation for starters is wrong. Also, terrorist support? Nuclear bomb? People wanted to overthrow Mosadegh? The importance of the assassination of an official general of a country based on the international law was undermined. What was the US doing in Iraq, Syria, etc? Not terrorism? What is terroring of nuclear scientists in Iran importance? This is the same thing that was done by the US to India in 1989, to Libia, Iraq,.....
The modern history of Iran starts on May 26th, 1908 when sweet light crude oil was discovered by an expedition led by George Reynolds. English battle ships, which ruled the seas, had been running on domestically produced coal... But oil fired boilers require smaller crews, less maintenance and provide better power delivery - so the decision was made by the English Admiralty to switch the fleet over to oil. Once this decision was made, the oil discovered by the Reynolds expedition became a national security issue for the British Empire.
interesting, thanks for sharing...also a book by Timothy Mitchel, Carbon Democracy, describes how oil and pipelines and the method of extraction requiring few manpower, created the space for new formes of power, less dependant on labour forces...hence more centrality of power within hands of the few. Interesting framing of energy networks and types and how it affects democracy or forms of collective societal/ economic/political patterns
thanks I tried to stay away from injecting my own personal feelings into it too much, I certainly am biased , and I'm coming from an American perspective but I tried to give everyone a fair shake best I could
Yup - and that’s why today’s revolution in Iran will succeed. It’s led by WOMEN and *70% of the population in Iran is under the age of 30.* These mullahs are going down!!
@@Taskandpurpose fair shake? you missed out some really important shit and made the shah look like a puppet, which he wasn't, in fact he went AGAINST the west on many things. Also b4 the axis of evil speech Suleimani was helping the US target the Taliban, but your actions changed all that. Also the pronunciations are very bad. Love ur channel but this vid was not great
@@Taskandpurpose The framing of the point that Mossadegh was not democratically elected is misleading. It is technically true that he was appointed by the Shah, however, the Shah made the appointment after the Parliament had already nominated Mossadegh in an overwhelming majority. Given that in a parliamentary government, the Prime Minister is typically just the leader of the party with the most seats, appointing the person with the support of the majority of Parliament as PM is a lot closer to being democratically elected than the way the video presented it as him just being a popular politician who was appointed. Mossadegh was arguably a more legitimate Prime Minister than Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak, who were both put in power by the internal machinations of a political party opposed by the majority of the country's population.
Iran(Persia) Has a long and proud history of resistance against foreigners. Even after being conquered by the Arabs they refused to adopt Arab traditions and maintained a strong Iranian(Persian) identity.
Mossadegh wasn't simply "appointed". He was nominated by a (MASSIVE) majority the Parliament and then appointed by the Shah. That's basically how the process works in the UK as well.
Should have started earlyer. If he was before ww2 we could have seen that a not so small part of the uk oil stuff in that area was taken from the germans as part of the so called treaty of verseilles. What exactly happened in Iran in ww2 is also very interesting (e.g. the Teheran Conference) Greedings from a german guy, one of whomes grandmothers town was ethnically cleansed by the US army.
As an Iranian I’d like to firstly thank you for your effort to explain the history of Irans relation with west and its effects, It’s just I couldn’t help noticing couple of points which are at best just a theory with no evidence to back them up First thing first as you correctly mentioned Mosadegh was appointed and not voted to prime minister by Shahanshah Pahlavi just like many others before and after him. But US or the coup did not make Shahanshah the king . He was the eldest son of Reza shah and the lawful right king after his dad. Shahanshah became the king right after WW2 which is way before all of these happening so clearly Shahanshah did not need US to put him in power You also said Shahanshah was just a poppet for west…. My dear friend this is exactly what Khomeini and his supporters made up to criticise the shah. For example they’d say we don’t need F14 fighter jets , bell cobra helicopters or chiften tanks but US and UK order shah to buy them so they can fix shortcomings on their annual budgets and shah has no option but to obey his American and English bosses orders, just like French and Germany order him to buy atomic energy technology from them otherwise we have sea of oil why would we need atomic energy!? But Khomeini and his supporters were to blind and frankly stupid to see the danger next door called Sadam who attacked US as soon as shah wasnt in power anymore I highly recommend you to watch the interview Mike Wallace had with Shahanshah and then you judge if shah was poppet or not I hope you know not only Iranian people don’t have any problem with US or west but we even love US and west and their culture … Islamic republic regime thou is different they absolutely hate US and west simply because they are radical muslims and they believe US and west are just bunch of infidels which according to their “holly book” Quran they have fight with till they’re all dead (this is the exact quotation of Quran repeated many many times throu out the book) Before US even planing the coup Shahanshah asked Mosadegh to step down which being the King of a 2500+ years old monarchy it absolutely was his call, but Mosadegh did not obey the order of Shahanshah. Right then and there Shahanshah could simply order the Persian immortal guard to take care of him but Shahanshah decided against it due to the respect he had for Mosadegh’s family and a few remaining supporters he had and asked him for the second time to step down which Mosadegh refused again. Even thou US planed the coup but actually Mosadegh caused the the whole shenanigans with disobeying shahansha’s order.
I like how you try and get all points of views, decisions, and ideologies on what has led up to Iran's circumstances today. Good video, and keep the content following!
As a Persian- American I can tell the information are almost accurate. There is some missing information about the Iran-Iraq war and the role of the US in that war in particular regarding chemical weapons that we provided to Saddam Hossein. I had to take a homemade gas mask to school together with my lunch bag when I was only 7 years old. Just think about it! Unbelievable! We take things for granted in the US. I would happily share my experience with you if you want to make similar content.
نمیتونم تصور کنم چطوری در امریکا زندگی میکنی و با اینکه جنایت های امریکارو میدونی به اون کشور خدمت میکنی. ارزو میکنم یک روزی مثل تو نشم ولی اگه بشم هم خیلی ناراحت نمیشم چون اسمم کوروش نیست.
As an Iranian I'd like to say good job on the info, although you missed a bit of history. Also Shah Pahlavi tried his best to develop iran and have good relationship with west. Every single major development in iran we see now is done at his time. After him iran went back to 14th century...
@@Taskandpurpose Have you ever asked yourself why parts of the Iran nuclear deal are still secret? Because US left so much enriched uranium in Iran when they fled the Revolution? - How did Israel manage to divert enough fissionable material from US to make their first nuclear bombs? Why have Israeli nukes all got US triggers? If US pour weapons into Irans neighbors are you surprised that Iran arms itself? The IAEA can only find evidence that Iran explored the explosives could cause an implosion which ended in 2003 - Finally Why do you think The Saudis funder Pakistan's nuclear bomb?
I really appreciate the time you put into researching all of the topics and delivering that information in such easy to understand way, I understand thats what you're going for and you've been crushing it dude. Thank you.
We get more impartial history from an average infantrymen than the news or school. This is another hit 🔥🔥🔥 Iran, and a lot of us, fell victim to the same tricks.
Imagine a world where they agreed on the 50/50 split. A compromise that probably would have resulted in Iran developing wealth slowly over time instead of going through constant economic and political instability that has resulted in their present state. That would provide the long term stability any democracy needs to flourish.
I didn't want to give my own opinions too much but yeah I think it might have been better if they took the 50 - 50 deal and then later on hopefully the British would have handed it back over at some point. I know it sounds too good to be true and probably is but, there's always wishful thinking
@@uchennanwokorie2681 Why would Britain bother invest their money into developing resource extraction and then not be rewarded for it? Respecting and protecting private and corporate ownership of property and resources is one of the most profoundly successful aspects of western society in general. The fact that you can own something and can realistically expect it not to be taken from you under strong authority of law. Breaking this trust is how you end up like Cuba, Venezuela, and indeed, Iran.
@@Taskandpurpose British oil companies created the wealth by building Iran's oil industry from scratch. All that was required was a sensible approach from Iran's government to appropriate compensation. See also Abdul Nasser for a similar theft, but this time the Americans supported the appropriation of facilities by Egypt that were wholey financed by France and Britain. American hypocrisy runs pretty deep when it comes to their 'anti-colonialism, except where it applies to American client states)
This was a surprisingly detailed and nuanced explanation of the situation I have seen online. Your explanation of the post WW2 period was very impressive.
Dude! That was a GREAT video on the history of America and Iran. I had no idea how the whole thing started. Thank you and keep up the awesome videos Cappy!
So this is the first time I am hearing of the backstory of the investment Anglo-Persian oil company. Everyone starts off with the Mossadegh nationalization, I wonder if that was intentional now or just lack of knowledge. Anyways thanks for expanding mine and others knowledge base a little further.
That Mossadegh rejected the 50-50 deal offered by Truman speaks volumes about Iranian greed when it was not they that built the facilities and the pipelines. And, may I just say here, CIA cowboys in 1953 missed an excellent opportunity by not invading Iran outright and taking care of the problem / nipping it in the bud before it got worse? An aircraft carrier battle group in the Persian Gulf plus a regiment of British royal marine commandos would have handled the problem with ease.
I haven't really heard it framed that way (UK mad over investment) either. There's a lot of political/diplomacy power as well as wealth involved. From what I've read Mossadegh wasn't a flowery diplomatic personality ;) and not someone the US or UK could push around. If Iran nationalized, they would get more cash and diplomatic power. If UK kept production, they would get wealth and political power inside Iran. UK was pretty bankrupt after WWII so just building back up wealth at that time too. High stakes.. Hasn't ended well.
Mossadegh is were USA got involved. Previous to the war, Iran was in the UK sphere of influence, sometimes contested by the Russians. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (BP) was the first blueprint how Western companies could exploit the oilfields and siphon off the profits while keeping the countries of origin underdeveloped under a super rich ruling class.
@@TheMilpitasguy you are right. It’s refreshing to see another critical thinker. Some folks have no idea how large the investment was. They are still making enormous amounts of money with the infrastructure and wisdom they stole.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just want say this was a truly excellent briefing on Iran. Without going into too much detail it touched on all the key parts of the backstory, things that might still have relevance today.
I appreciate this more or less fair assessment of the US & Iran relationship. Far too often the average American seems woefully ignorant of why a number of nations around the world are so hostile toward tem and just casually chalk it up to "They must hate freedom" without bothering to find out the full story. Cheers!
lots of countries in this world may not get along with each other occasionally,but when it comes to america,they are all on the same page.....iraq,afganistan,armenia.....China,Russia,half the countries in the middle east,Cuba,venezuela,columbia,libya,kosovo,north korea,whole bunch of countries in africa,el salvador,nicaragua,lebanon,bosnia,sudan.....even saudi arabia nowadays. and these arent minor pet peeves either, they all have major beefcakes. gotta ask urself how is it possible for any country in the world to have so many enemies and such a impressive track record.
no i dont think americans say "they must hate freedom" its that we just dont think about it. for most americans the only countries that matter are those that pose a direct threat to america. america has had so much prosperity that was derived from itself that we have no concept of what its like to be dependent on another country to up hold there bargains to maintain our quality of life. we dont care what others think because it doesnt affect us if a deal goes south. this is one of the reasons trump is so loved. it fits most of americas worldview; america first. we have the land, the scientific capability, and the manufacturing capabilities (use-to, again trump was pushing this) to go our own way without the unwanted and needed "help" of other countries. this isn't america looking down on others it is pride in self-reliance. so yes we are ignorant, but not for the reasons you think. to the average moderate and conservative (not liberals cause who knows what they think it changes with the political ebbs and flows and what their overlords tell them) american "freedom" is synonymous with the ability to rely on yourself. from the individual level to the world stage. this may seem isolationist im concept, but let me remind you roughly half of our history we were to a certain extent. not until WW1 did that really change. also as im re-readinig this i want to add, the physical separation of the americas doesn't help either, and i agree in the more or less fair asseesment of US and Iran relations.
Wow, I really like how you pulled the history out of this. The research you did was well presented in the video. Thank you for teaching me things I would have never learned in school
Chris and team, great work on the video. The one correction I would make is that Mossadegh wanted to get a 50-50 deal similar to what the Saudi's had in Saudi Arabia, that was originally rejected by the British as they wanted regime change, they were concerned that Mossadegh would be too cozy to the Soviets following the issues ongoing. Thanks for bringing attention to this, especially important with the ongoing protests to oust the Mullahs.
There was definitely a worry about soviet influence . Everything I read about that pro soviet group in Iran they weren’t very powerful at all but the concern was they would become bigger . they were called “Tudeh “
The old “we have to install a pro western military junta because commies” ( what happened to the right of self determination btw ) not because we wanna steal natural resources, same thing happened in South America when in reality it was all about the Monroe doctrine ( hypocritical since they don’t believe Russia has the same right ) if you don’t believe me look up Ho Chi Min’s independence speech in 1945 he was praising American democracy, but as soon as the CIA finished helping him kick out the French ( L. Fletcher Prouty admitted to that ) they wanted to take over ( Vietnam is the worlds largest rubber producer ) it’s just imperialism
This was a good video but it does miss a few other major points of contention between both countries such as US support for Iran's regional rivals and the Flight 655 incident.
@@petergerdes1094 idk man id say funding a genocidal maniac is pretty high on the list, the US literally pumped Saddam full of modern western weaponry to fight the Iranians (there's even evidence that WE helped develop Iraqs chemical weapons program)
@@nicholasbrown668 Ohh, Im not saying our past actions wouldn't have given someone cause to feel that way but my sense is that most nations are often far more forward looking in their policy choices than that and are often surprisingly willing to ignore the past when it offers benefits in the present/future. But maybe that's less true for a theocracy with very limited turn over.
@@petergerdes1094 tell that to the US who will literally turn its back on its allies when it pleases them (so much so the entire EU made their own GPS system because the US used theirs as a political and military control scheme)
Your research and your sources are really well thought of and well put together. First video I watched and instantly subscribed to you. Keep on the great work! You summarized and explained 100 years of history so well I can't believe how long it would have taken for you to do the research and understand it yourself. As Einstein says, 'those who can't explain something simply, don't know it well enough. You definitely know well enough.
So big shocker, the UK was trying to defectors keep the benefits of things that didn’t rightfully belong to them and the US refused to call them out on it, which led to the cascade of events we’re dealing with today.
More like the Iranians would’ve never discovered the oil or figured out how to pump out the oil and got greedy when the UK wanted to be paid for all the effort they’d put into Turning this worthless sandy backwater into a feasible oil producing nation
@@nikik5567 This guy also fails to point out that the Brits had killed almost half of the Iranian population 30 years before in 1917/1919. It was worse than the holocaust yet no speaks about it.
The comments correctly point out many things you skipped, but you probably weren't aiming for a 12-part mini series so I think this was a really good encapsulation. This may promote you above the level of Average Infantryman, but I'll let it slide. >8^)
@@xisotopex Right, it’s certainly better than deluding ourselves down the path of conflict because we the citizens will feel it the most, and life is already hard as is.
It's gone beyond occasional mistakes to meme-level now. I have an incredible amount of respect for the work that Cappy does, and for getting in front of the camera to cover some interesting topics well. (I couldn't do any of it half as well).
Thanks for the history. All too often we in the US think problems just happen with no historical context. It is nice to see folks from Iran posting in this thread. Hopefully they will eventually get a government that serves them well.
As apposed to the US gov who funds wars and color revolution around the world while it’s citizens starve, die from opioid crisis, infrastructure crumbles, crime escalates and nobody can afford their basic healthcare 👏🏼
Imagine if we had the Shah of Iran and the POTUS getting along like best friends, with Iran being the preferred contact in the Middle East and not Saudi Arabia... Really imagine that.
@@Rake3577 Israel supported Iran during the Iran-Iraq War so that Iran could provide a counterweight to Iraq; and to re-establish influence in Iran which Israel lost with the Islamic revolution in '79
as an iranian your opinions were much fairer than i expected from an american 😊 but in this part about political prisoners 8:06 i guess you maid a mistake because the whole number of prisoners in iran for any sort of crime combined is less than 200 thousnd !! for just political reasons its around 1000 (likely higher in this months of protests) and evin prison in tehran is not just for political prisoners in fact they are in minority there compared to other prisoners (but traditionally it holds the famous ones)
... We ( the US) want to make Iranian free, ... Like we did in Libya 🇱🇾, Iraq 🇮🇶 Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Syria 🇸🇾 ...even Yemen 🇾🇪.. We don't care about Iran and Iranian people... All what we care, is " Iranian Delicious Oil " If we did care about well being of Iranian people, we never sanctions them ..or protected Shah regime after cup decade... So, .. Stop, playing good friends of Iranian people... cry crocodile 🐊...
Well done Cappy, very few in the West, let alone the U.S. know the background of British/American corporate/government involvement in the interference and coup in 1954, which although conveniently forgotten in the West, was obviously not lost on the Iranian people. Also appreciate you're explanation of term of "blowback" by the CIA.
@@SpaceMonkeyBoi America's policy has not changed, America has not done anything good for Iran since the day Iran had a relationship with America!! You only want to loot Iran's oil, gas and mines As always, you even banned food and medicine for Iran for 42 years and targeted Iranian civilian planes, and gave Saddam chemical weapons for genocide in Iran!!! At 9/11 America Lost 3000 of it's Citizens and For 9/11 Nearly Destroyed 5 Nations( Iraq Afghanistan Libya Yemen and Syria ) and Killed more than 5m People
I should clarify a few things about Iran, especially some surprising facts in 4, 5 and 6: 1. A British millionaire (I can't recall the name) funded the oil exploration that led to the discovery of oil in Iran. For some reason, the Iranian leader at the time signed a lopsided deal (yes, let's call it what it was -- lopsided) that allowed the millionaire to keep most of the profits. (Many African, Asian, and Southern American nations signed similar lopsided deals with British, American, and French, politicians and businessmen, so the lopsidedness was probably the result of the influence of the foreign governments and not that the leader of Iran at the time was dumb.) Iran got next to nothing from the oil sales. In fact, after deducting "expenses", the millionaire paid taxes to the British government before sharing whatever was left with Iran, which was always next to nothing. The British government later bought out the company from the millionaire, which did make the situation any better for Iran since they now had to deal with the powerful British government. Nevertheless, Iran was still dirt poor while its wealth was taken away. That was going to lead to problems down the line. 2. The oil company the British founded exists today as British Petroleum (aka BP). 3. Saying Mossadeeq was not elected but appointed is like saying the British PM was not elected but appointed. Iranians voted for Mossadeeq to represent them in parliament and the members of parliament voted for him to become PM. That's how it's done in many "democratic" nations including Britain and Canada. Mossadeeq was a democratic leader until the British and Americans overthrew him for daring to nationalize the "British" oil company and reinstalled the monarchy led by the Shah in power. The Shah, just like Saudi is doing day, gave the British and Americans useful and valuable oil in exchange for… wait for it, weapons. Iran bought loads of weapons from the US but that was where their "success" ended. Like today's Saudi, oil wealth made it lazy and its' population had nothing much going on for them. They were rich but they had no skills. It was just the oil money. They lived in a facade "wealthy" economy, propped up by oil. They didn’t own the oil facilities, machines, or anything. They only collected rents from drilled oil. That isn't wealth. Iranians soon got fed up with the British and Americans running their economy and a revolution broke out, causing the Shah to flee. 4. While everyone thinks the revolutionists were united, they were actually three groups fighting for control: - The communists, who wanted a Soviet-style military dictatorship, - The nationalists who wanted Iran's return to democracy, - And the religionists, who wanted an Islamic nation. The communists were the largest of the three groups and were on their way to taking control of the government when the nationalists and religionists agreed to unite and share power, leading to the democracy-religionist government we have today. The religionists appointed an Ayatollah that ruled the country but the people also elected a president. 5. Today, Iran has two armies, two navies, and two air forces. One is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (with its own navy and air force) to defend the nation's religion, while the other is the Iranian army, navy, and air force, which acts as the regular military. The IRGC is more powerful and is more talked about. Many even think they are the army. They are not.
6. This one will surprise you but what if I told you the current Ayatollah, Ali Khamenei (who is currently a religionist) was actually a nationalist? He was the president of Iran until the first Ayatollah suddenly died in 1989. The religionists didn't have a replacement and started sourcing for someone the citizens won't refuse. So they turned to the same nationalist president the citizens elected through the ballot and appointed him as Ayatollah. Problem solved. That said, unlike what most people think, Iran is not an Islamic country per se. It's liberal. The religionists are the ones trying to enforce religious rules on the people and not the people rebelling against existing religious rules.
Thank you for very good explaination. Now I understand. It is a bit similar to some western countries, e.g. Germany, where the nasionalist and religionist share the power. The state deals with most of countries issue from Monday until Saturday where the churches "own" the country on Sunday plus obligatory Christian classes in public schools, and dont forget the religion tax. Plus the existance of Christian parties. In nutshell, there is no big diff between Iran and western countries. One cannot avoid religions and state unless you are in communist countries. So if one wants to get rid of the Mullah, they have to implement communism in Iran.
@@TomorrowWeLive tell me where is the insane part? The Mullah and the secular politicians in Iran sharing power is in principle similar to the church and the gov sharing power in Germany. For example, why in Germany on Sunday even the shops should close? Or why the church can still impose religion education in public schools? Do you know that every day the churches ring their bells for several time? not only on Sunday but every day. Of course there are diff here and there but in reality even in Germany they do not put the religion out of state politic. So, similar to Iran. Just because
this is not what happened to iran, religionists took control of the weapons in the revolution and took the power by force if you read you will see they killed comonists and nationalists and president in iran is just for show and doesnt do anything it is just a popet who gets installed by people vote which the candidates are only who the leader approved so who ever you vote you end up with the leader popet and it was always this way
You guys put in the work on these videos. But I've sailed through that strait near Iran and never heard it pronounced like that. We were surveying areas for them to hide their diesel submarines and they didn't really like us running patterns just outside of their waters.
I love how you gave a fair and balanced report not demonizing either side. We are silly apes on a rock trying to get along. Demonizing some people is a disservice to everyone.
it's tough to please everyone especially when trying to be fair about things. inevitably there will be people on both sides now who don't enjoy the video but it feels wrong to make it one sided
His views are still way too Amerocentric, Calling Hezbollah a terrorist group is basically reciting Wahabi / Israeli Zionist propaganda. Hezbollah is a legitimate organisation that provides care and welfare for the Lebanese Shi'a population. Calling them terrorists is quite offensive, You cannot dismiss alot of these armed popular groups in the 3rd world as "terrorism" otherwise you will fall into an imperialist trap. Same with saying that Hamas are "terrorists". You are simply imposing your worldview on a people that are historically oppressed and denied the same privilege as Americans and other 1st world people.
@@deezeed2817 Perhaps he was a little Amerocentic. Someone's terrorist is somebody's freedom fighter. The history of the world is littered with people trying to get self rule and taking resources. The leaders of the American Revolution were considered terrorists. When one person kills someone it is called murder, but when a group of people do it, it is called justice. Using the word "imperialist" is also an inflammatory 3rd world bias. I really have one solution to this mess of a world but I don't know how to achieve it. I would like to see a world democratic government with equal representation based on population and a world language to be taught to everyone. There would be free travel and trade anywhere in the world. There would be no need for large armies. There is one caveat...I would stipulate adults may own firearms as a check and balance against a possibility of a tyrannical government forming.
I remember what Pat Buchanan said about the Iran nuke deal was a no brainer...either a tough treaty or a direct war. We dropped our bargaining power prematurely.
Someone forgot Afghanistan already! With those mountains and vast land, it will be worse than Vietnam. If the US think there is a chance to beat Iran up without suffering too much itself, I am pretty sure they would do it.
I think that main reason for Iran-US animosity is Iran's feud with Izrael, which is America's close ally. Izrael has even openly declared they are preparing for pre-emptive war against their rival.
Sure, then you should read iran's published warfighting doctrine, which is to deliver a single warhead, 400 miles at altitude over Kansas and detonate. A HEMP attack will put the US technologically back in the 18th Century. We are the, "Great Satan". Israel is the, " Little Satan". BTW it already is open war between iran's proxies and Israel. Who do you believe launched iranian attack drones from syria?
Me: USA why are you attacking middle east? USA : because we think they have WMD Me : then why you don't attacking Russia and China? USA : because we know they have WMD
@@rogerout8875 We know he had those MWDs because he used them... the lie came later when Dubbuya claimed they still had more to use, when apparently they were out.
@@rogerout8875 Not sure what you are going on about, but I am referring to the weapons used against the Kurds following Bush Sr's pullout after Desert Storm. That happened before the "hunt for the WMDs" under Dubbuya a decade later.
@@Thorium_ who’s in power right now in Afghanistan after the US left? Who inherited tens of billions of military equipment? Maybe ask who won in the end and realize it wasn’t the US
When it came to ISIS, it was Iran and Hezbollah and their allies who were fighting them, while our supposed allies like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and even indirectly Israel were supporting ISIS. But even while being on the same side as Iran, we couldn't really work together.
Do you also believe Jews control the world? So many excuses all the time from Arabs, There is a reason why you got terro *cough* "resistance groups" in every fucking country you live in, You're mostly religious idiots with very low education levels and it affects heavily you're economical status. So adding trash economy + being a religious uneducated idiot, You have snowflakes that listen to the local Imam who tells that it's good to blow urself at some Church or even other Mosques because they aren't as religious nuts like you. Not everyone ofcourse but a large portion of the population are extremists to some degree. You can't deny the fact that 90% of ur countries are simply SHIT to live in, 10% are just small gulf states with massive resources, Not massive intelligence.
Sometimes I'm afraid using too much oil on my food, not because I'm afraid to have cholesterol but I'm afraid USA army might invade or trying to coup my frying pan
I can’t wait to check out the drone! I could see myself being able to use it for looking for locations of schools of bait, fish or underwater structure that I wouldn’t normally be able to see. I just want you to know that I really appreciate your efforts to try to keep Politics to a minimum. I know I can be very tough when it comes to some of the topics you discuss but that really means a lot to me and I’m sure plenty of other people that you keep everything on an even keel. I love sharing your videos with People that may not even know how interested they are in the topics you discuss. Thank you again and I just want you to know how much I appreciate your balanced Contant. Sorry for the talk to text.
Most of the Iranians i met supported the overthrow of the Shah precisely because of those 'enhanced interrogation' techniques you mentioned . After a few friends and family are found floating in the sea with electric fire marks on their bodies one tends to blame the torturing regime and its American advisors.
This is one of your finest plus most informative reports! All this still begs the question: Why are we all so seemingly addicted to oil and only oil as our energy source?? Why has no country mastered efficient and affordable renewable sources be it solar, wind, geothermal, wave or all of these?? This would stop global warming and return all these bad guy countries back to their economies before all these ridiculous oil profits!!
The simple answer is because those with the money want it that way. Oil companies are making record profits and that money goes into the pockets of people who are invested in keeping it that way. Billionaires who want to keep the money flowing into their pockets spend a pittance to buy politicians towards that goal. That's why fossil fuel subsidies world wide exceeded $300 billion last year alone. Since oil companies are global spanning they get to dip into that heavily. Renewable subsidies are catching up but frankly I feel that we should be cutting subsidies in general. When companies are making record profits by gouging consumers maybe it's time to stop throwing even more money at them just for existing..
Light years away from replacing oil with renewable energy.. It's going to remain that way as long as governments keep pumping money into renewable energy.. Not much reason for advancement in R&D when there is a steady flow of government money.. Take wind energy for example. Each of the wind turbines standing in the US are basically a big net loss. Not one of them will create enough energy to pay for themselves, but the companies made billions thanks to government money.. ZERO point in dumping money into a product to improve it when you are making billions. Get government out of it and you will start to see improvement if it's actually viable.. Is it really global warming? I remember when they first started pushing their BS they called it global warming, we are all going to fry.. Then it was global cooling and we are all going to freeze to death. Eventually they started preaching climate change because they couldn't keep up with the climate that has changed throughout history.. I have a little hint for you. When they have to doctor results to fit their narrative, do everything they can to discredit anyone that challenges it and even call for it to be illegal and anyone that dares challenges it should be jailed it's likely a bunch of BS...
As an Iranian, I can corroborate your story as to what happened that led to this situation between the USA and Iran. But in order to overthrow the government we need help from the rest of the world; this government is relentless, and Mahsa Amini was not the only victim of this regime. And in order to keep their dictator leader, Khamenei, in power, they have no limits. During these protests they murdered a 10-year-old boy by the name of Kian Pir Falak. Recently they have started executing the protestors they have seized in a most brutal way. They rape the Iranian women in prisons just because they don't want to wear hijab. We cannot fight them single-handedly. As you can see from all over the world, Iranian people are protesting against this regime, but we need your help.
I love how when Iran supports its allies, such as supporting Shiite militias who wanted US out of their country, their fighting a proxy war, and their allies are proxies. But when we support Ukraine against Russia, or giving Israel billions in military aid and equipment, we are helping our allies, not arming our proxies.
2:30 the problem with the private property argument is that said private property was most often not acquired in an above board way in the first place.
We love freedom so much we've overthrown more democratically elected governments and installed more dictators and attacked more nations than any other country, and currently support more than 50 dictators or undemocratic regimes
Not allies America will fucking exploit you like how they did prior to 1979 and today with Europe. Even Henry Kissinger said being America's enemy is dangerous but being America's friend is FATAL.🤣🤣🤣🖐🖐🖐on
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A little biased
What did u call him cappy "mosa-dick" 😂😅😭
FYI, that code doesn't work, unfortunately.
Make a video on Goegia 🇬🇪 (country) already please
@@baivesan very true, but the DJI version is a Chinese-owned company. Sadly, there has been a lot of PLA spyware and other software built into the drones equipment. The US Government is now banning it from military use and I believe the FBI is recommending no law enforcement use it either. It is a better drone, but its also under PLA and MSS control.
Hello. Iranian from inside Iran here( internets back up on a limited scale) . I feel the need to mention something. In regards to people fed up with the sanctions and their effects on the commoner, I ve seen two major mindsets so far. One with people seeing the west as the ultimate tyrant, aiming to spread distrust between people and their "caring " government only to cause the downfall of the regime by turning the people on their " protectors " holding every action committed by the regime so far to be justifiable one way or another. The other mindset sees the sanctions as rational and expected reactions of a foreign world our leaders and politicians have been purposefully aggrevating, so they can feed off the reactions by portraying them as unprovoked warmongers ( as all oppressive systems need an obligatory sworn enemy, most may resort to creating one. And given the history, theres none better than the us. ) the second group believes if it werent for the radical views of the regime along with the belief they were god's destined few to lead the world to the truth( actual propaganda) we wouldnt have casted our selves out from the world. So the regime needs to change. Recent protests in iran are being held by the second group, with the regime supporting the heavily outnumbered first group. The clips you see on iranian national TV( FULLY regime controlled) are of the first group. The recent protests( captured on phones mostly) show the second group. Theres a lot more detail I can get into but this comments already pretty long.
Love Iranian people! They have been some of the hardest working, great people I have worked with and been friends with.
thank you for your thoughts, and for whatever quams I might have with the Iranian government , I'm always on the side of the Iranian people
Evidence shows that invading a country and then giving it back "to the people" fails most of the time. The true change happens when the citizens rise up and overthrow tyranny. Resentment is the result of the former. If US wants to truly "stabilize" a nation they must conquer and keep that nation, which the people of the US do not want. We don't want to be tyrants and we abhor the Presidents that try.
What about rioters you see on CCTV stopping traffic damaging property killing cops they are obviously trained in colour revolution
The Iranian people are too smart have an authoritarian regime mired in religious dogma from the 800s. If people choose to follow such dogma, let them do so in the context of a free society. It’s like if the Amish or Hassidics forced they ways on everyone else. Ridiculous!!!
As an Iranian I would like to thank you for finally correcting the whole “democratically elected” thing for Mossadegh. On the other hand there were some quite large mistakes for example, the shah was not installed by America after the fall of Mossadegh. He was already king. As you mentioned Mossadegh was appointed. Well he was appointed by the king. In Persian the word “shah” means king. Also please stop calling Pahlavi, “Pawell” 😂❤
Can you go into more detail here about Mosaddegh? Was he selected as PM by other members of parliament or was there another mechanism for this? I'm just trying to understand what happened.
Almost as funny as when he called Azerbaijan "Azerjaban" lol
At this point I’m convinced he mispronounces things on purpose to troll us
The whole mess that was that period of political upheaval is a black mark against the US and our international relations in the Persian Gulf. I have zero sympathy for what we did to Iran, and the aftermath we wrought from all the garbage we did there. That said, I would prefer that Trump didn't sabotage the efforts to limit more potential nuke armed countries existing. I think the US will be cleaning up the mess that Trump caused for decades to come. >_< Hopefully Iran will get good terms from a more rational US leadership with a new deal to prevent them generating and distributing nukes to those we are at odds with.
Not everyone is from Iran…
14:45 the $1.7B sent to lran actually belonged to lran. Shortly before the Revolution lran paid the US $.5B for arms that were never delivered due to the Revolution and which remained in US banks gaining interest while the refund was being arbitrated. Iran appeared to be winning the matter and in position to receive a settlement several times higher than $1.7B but they settled for that figure.
So it wasn't US taxpayers' $ that was sent to lran it was lran's.
Doubt it
And either way. Huge place for terrorism
@@treyyoungley6171 What do you do doubt? Do 5 minutes of research, you absolute donkey.
@@treyyoungley6171 WTF do you mean? As an Iranin I approve of this. you can esly lookt this up.
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If you want a base level understanding of geopolitics with all the names mispronounced, Cappy is your guy
base level understanding is being generous my grasp of international affairs is approaching 3rd grade
@@Taskandpurpose maybe, but you are honest.
You obviously have all the answers, or know where they are. So? Enlighten us.
Just enough information for a typical infantryman. It's perfect.
Please stop saying nukular😔
You skipped over some pretty MAJOR AND SIGNIFICANT history. Namely the '79 hostage crisis, the US support for Saddam during the Iran-iraq war, the Oliver North/ Reagan arms for hostages deal and the fairly massive naval war fought between the US and Iranian navies in '87.
obviously mentioning those things make america worse. so skipped it.
@@SuperSanic.. I would argue those events make the US look no worse than the original sin of the coup. In fact, the arms for hostages episode puts the hypocrisy of the Islamic Republic on full display. They literally, based on their own rhetoric, made a deal with the devil (i.e. "The Great Satan")
There was no naval war between the US and Iran. It was a singular engagement that lasted only a couple hours and the Iranians essentially were massacred.
well yeah because this is a shill channel
Aaaaah well details. Those details usually get in the way of things like "why attacking Afghanistand and Iraq was COMPLETELY justiefied"
Imagine telling Crassus and Ceasar that 2000 years later "the West" ist still in troubles with Persia...
A wild thought. I like it.
I wonder if to the Romans if they would even see us as successors to the west, as to them their neighboring Celtic Gauls were barbarians not to say their views on germanic peoples which the "West" like UK and US derive from culturally. Though through institution like legal theories and culturally we definitely see them as forefathers, I wonder if they would see us as descendants.
i wouldnt call Iran trouble... The west would crush Iran.
@@thomaswright4489very interesting thought, i wish we could answer!
@@thomaswright4489 they'd be disappointed in modern Italy and Spain for sure tho, the two main Southern Mediterranean countries
Dude, this is an amazing amount of information! I'm 61 years old and lived through a lot of this history.
You're doing a great job pulling all of this information together. THANK YOU!
Why does it seem like America and Russia simply take turns invading countries? And then the inevitable outcome is the exact opposite of what the invaders wanted.
mostly lies and misiinformation. please read my comment about it
@@MT-mr7iu there are lots of comments saying that this video is well balanced, nuanced and accurate.
@@pashakdescilly7517 and that is your reference? Wow!
@@MT-mr7iu and what are your references?
2 important problems with your video :
1. Mosadeq was elected by parliamentary elections and not appointed, so saying he was democratically elected is accurate and correct.
2. Mosadeq's offer was 50-50 sharing of profits with the british which the british rejected and not 100 percent of profits for Iran, nationalization of oil was after the british rejected the 50-50 offer.
Hey Cappy, really appreciate you going into the history and politics of contemporary conflicts and showing both sides! I knew the history of tension between the West and Iran in broad strokes, but I missed many of the nuances you showed here. Good job, thanks!
What's preventing him from doing the same about the Western involvement in Ukraine? Victoria Nuland was caught on tape plotting a coup. Acknowledging that doesn't have to make you a Putin shill.
@@RJT80 yeah what a drag. So tell me, got your draft papers yet?
thanks , these types of videos are my favorite to put together ! glad to see there is some interest in them
Tragic you take your Intel from a TH-cam channel made by a pretty cool guy who is also just an ex-enlisted soldier rather than take the time to read up on takes from historians, economics and other experts.
His takes are over simplistic and leave out a massive amount of information. This is why you millenials should never vote. You are too lazy to investigate issues and form your own opinions. 10 minute clips on social media us all you can be bothered to invest
@@darkjudge8786 true
While not perfect in terms of completeness, this was perfectly done - enough information to educate the masses on the history and details of the conflict, raising most people's awareness and understanding beyond what education systems and the media have been capable of. This kind of information-not-ideology presentation is something the world needs more of. Well done sir.
Excepting the fact he said the Obama nuclear deal was working. He also implied the only reason it did not is because of President Trump.
Misinformation is not accurate information! But, completely understand when a Vlog like this pops up on your phone, seems legitimate, right! Because it’s on the internet 🤯
@@progressiveleader7347 I have Iranian friends who have said this is reasonably accurate, some others have said the same in the comments. Are you suggestion this is complete misinformation?
@@corey8420 that is 100% true. Trump fxxked everything up like everything else.
You've missed a huge and very important chapter of Iranian involvement in the French nuclear program, which meant giving Iran its own nuclear plants as well as uranium rods for them, yet it was cancelled... after Iran already paid the full amount for its side of the deal (to build the French railroad in Gabon). So yeah, Iran was used left right and centre by the West.
yes I definitely missed a lot of parts that I should have covered , I'll do a follow up video if people enjoy this one and I'll try to cover the important things that I missed
@@Taskandpurpose Thanks! (Sorry if my comment sounded a bit... harsh.)
In other words good guys don't exist and everybody has cause to hate each other.
Man the French are constantly dragging the US in to solve their colonial misadventures
Actually France refunded that money with interest in 1991. To total of 1.6 billion dollars. So don't be dragging peoples name through the mud without doing your research
Appreciate you telling both sides of the story. Helps us truly understand the situation strategically.
He is not telling the whole story. For example ballistic ,missile was not a part of the Iran nuclear deal and hence cannot be used as a reason to tear apart the nuclear deal.
He was clearly bias towards the US by a lot. Yes both sides but not really neutral.
Props on keeping this inherently political topic apolitical! Probably one of the best videos on the historical relations of the US and Iran I've seen.
That’s literally impossible, its still political lmao, just sanitized for your fee-fees
thanks I tried to be balanced I know my bias showed a lot still but I tried to purposely keep it away from my own personal beliefs
@@lsuperior lol well I appreciate the consideration of my fee-fees
Apolitical until it comes to China :v
@@Taskandpurpose You are supposed to be biased toward objective reality.
Thanks cappy! You've been my favorite streamer of 2022, I've learned so much about world relations from your channel. thanks for opening my eyes just a bit wider!
thanks for watching buddy I really appreciate it ! glad you've gained more of an interest in world relations from the content , it's a fascinating subject
History is vital. We have to know WHY things happened before we can have a chance to make things better.
Sadly, you're right, also too many people no longer know WHAT actually happened let alone the WHY.
"Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it." I really wish more people would be interested in global history at least in USA at least I find way to many people who just don't care about or thing history is "boring." History is the biggest and most in depth story that will ever exist with the added benefit that it happened and isn't made up like a fantasy story is.
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@@xx-knight-xx2119 "And those who do know, are doomed to watch in despair,"
@@xx-knight-xx2119 history doesnt repeat. it rhymes
I know somebody put it in the comments before but I would like to add my version:
You are very good at showing both sides of a conflict! Thank you!
You mentioned wanting to be a be a fair view on both sides when making earlier videos and I believe this is a prime example. I am happy to have learned more and it is truly wonderful to see commenters from Iran supporting and/or providing corrections to the information. Thank you!
I always try my best to present the information in a fair way and if I can't avoid my bias I try to at least present both sides of the argument , even if I disagree with it. not everyone likes that approach and I can understand why , and I fail at it sometimes but I'm glad some people appreciate my effort to be even handed
" fair view " xDDDDDDDDDD
You forgot to mention the involment of USA on the Iraq-Iran war
In Iran, when one says "Iraq-Iran" one means the war Saddam imposed on post-Revolutionary Iran in 1980-88.
Good report, but you might have noted that the $1.7B cash sent to Iran by the Obama administration was essentially Iran's own money -- principal + interest released from accounts previously frozen by sanctions emplaced during the 1979 revolution.
Yeah, that was one of the Repubican Big Lies in that election etc, ...it was *their* money, it'd just been kept out of their reach all those years.
Yes someone who understands. Everytime I bring up the Iran nuclear deal people bring up "but we paid them millions of dollars".
@@johnusas2870 technically the US did pay them but with their own money.
Yes, major mistake in the video, it needs to be corrected.
This is factually correct
Totally biased against Iran side. As an Iranian I would say many hypothesis and assumptions were made only based on lack of knowledge or possibly conflict of interest (biased judgement). Name pronunciation for starters is wrong. Also, terrorist support? Nuclear bomb? People wanted to overthrow Mosadegh? The importance of the assassination of an official general of a country based on the international law was undermined. What was the US doing in Iraq, Syria, etc? Not terrorism? What is terroring of nuclear scientists in Iran importance? This is the same thing that was done by the US to India in 1989, to Libia, Iraq,.....
The modern history of Iran starts on May 26th, 1908 when sweet light crude oil was discovered by an expedition led by George Reynolds. English battle ships, which ruled the seas, had been running on domestically produced coal... But oil fired boilers require smaller crews, less maintenance and provide better power delivery - so the decision was made by the English Admiralty to switch the fleet over to oil. Once this decision was made, the oil discovered by the Reynolds expedition became a national security issue for the British Empire.
interesting, thanks for sharing...also a book by Timothy Mitchel, Carbon Democracy, describes how oil and pipelines and the method of extraction requiring few manpower, created the space for new formes of power, less dependant on labour forces...hence more centrality of power within hands of the few. Interesting framing of energy networks and types and how it affects democracy or forms of collective societal/ economic/political patterns
A clear synopsis of what's been happening between these countries for the last 100 years. Thank you. Great job.
thanks!
Thanks for this neutral take on how the world got into mess. Of course it is due to old men fighting for power and younger folks and families dying.
Yes. A great, nonpartisan summary. Quite uncommon these days.
thanks I tried to stay away from injecting my own personal feelings into it too much, I certainly am biased , and I'm coming from an American perspective but I tried to give everyone a fair shake best I could
Yup - and that’s why today’s revolution in Iran will succeed. It’s led by WOMEN and *70% of the population in Iran is under the age of 30.*
These mullahs are going down!!
@@Taskandpurpose fair shake? you missed out some really important shit and made the shah look like a puppet, which he wasn't, in fact he went AGAINST the west on many things. Also b4 the axis of evil speech Suleimani was helping the US target the Taliban, but your actions changed all that. Also the pronunciations are very bad. Love ur channel but this vid was not great
@@Taskandpurpose The framing of the point that Mossadegh was not democratically elected is misleading.
It is technically true that he was appointed by the Shah, however, the Shah made the appointment after the Parliament had already nominated Mossadegh in an overwhelming majority.
Given that in a parliamentary government, the Prime Minister is typically just the leader of the party with the most seats, appointing the person with the support of the majority of Parliament as PM is a lot closer to being democratically elected than the way the video presented it as him just being a popular politician who was appointed.
Mossadegh was arguably a more legitimate Prime Minister than Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak, who were both put in power by the internal machinations of a political party opposed by the majority of the country's population.
Iran(Persia) Has a long and proud history of resistance against foreigners. Even after being conquered by the Arabs they refused to adopt Arab traditions and maintained a strong Iranian(Persian) identity.
A very well balanced presentation of history and current state of antagonism, in my estimation. Well done!!
I think maybe my intention of being balanced might have worked because I have a lot of people accusing me of being both liberal and conservative
Mossadegh wasn't simply "appointed". He was nominated by a (MASSIVE) majority the Parliament and then appointed by the Shah.
That's basically how the process works in the UK as well.
Most Americans knowledge of Iran starts with Nov 1979 so this is awesome, some historical context.
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@@OshinAttari to be fair you have every right to be.
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I don't know English well
Speak normally
@@OshinAttari You seem to say that very well. Hmm.
anyway.
Iran has every right to be mad at the US.
Should have started earlyer.
If he was before ww2 we could have seen that a not so small part of the uk oil stuff in that area was taken from the germans as part of the so called treaty of verseilles. What exactly happened in Iran in ww2 is also very interesting (e.g. the Teheran Conference)
Greedings from a german guy, one of whomes grandmothers town was ethnically cleansed by the US army.
As an Iranian I’d like to firstly thank you for your effort to explain the history of Irans relation with west and its effects,
It’s just I couldn’t help noticing couple of points which are at best just a theory with no evidence to back them up
First thing first as you correctly mentioned Mosadegh was appointed and not voted to prime minister by Shahanshah Pahlavi just like many others before and after him. But US or the coup did not make Shahanshah the king . He was the eldest son of Reza shah and the lawful right king after his dad. Shahanshah became the king right after WW2 which is way before all of these happening so clearly Shahanshah did not need US to put him in power
You also said Shahanshah was just a poppet for west…. My dear friend this is exactly what Khomeini and his supporters made up to criticise the shah. For example they’d say we don’t need F14 fighter jets , bell cobra helicopters or chiften tanks but US and UK order shah to buy them so they can fix shortcomings on their annual budgets and shah has no option but to obey his American and English bosses orders, just like French and Germany order him to buy atomic energy technology from them otherwise we have sea of oil why would we need atomic energy!?
But Khomeini and his supporters were to blind and frankly stupid to see the danger next door called Sadam who attacked US as soon as shah wasnt in power anymore
I highly recommend you to watch the interview Mike Wallace had with Shahanshah and then you judge if shah was poppet or not
I hope you know not only Iranian people don’t have any problem with US or west but we even love US and west and their culture …
Islamic republic regime thou is different they absolutely hate US and west simply because they are radical muslims and they believe US and west are just bunch of infidels which according to their “holly book” Quran they have fight with till they’re all dead (this is the exact quotation of Quran repeated many many times throu out the book)
Before US even planing the coup Shahanshah asked Mosadegh to step down which being the King of a 2500+ years old monarchy it absolutely was his call, but Mosadegh did not obey the order of Shahanshah. Right then and there Shahanshah could simply order the Persian immortal guard to take care of him but Shahanshah decided against it due to the respect he had for Mosadegh’s family and a few remaining supporters he had and asked him for the second time to step down which Mosadegh refused again. Even thou US planed the coup but actually Mosadegh caused the the whole shenanigans with disobeying shahansha’s order.
I like how you try and get all points of views, decisions, and ideologies on what has led up to Iran's circumstances today. Good video, and keep the content following!
I tried to capture the genuine steel man arguments for various sides
As a Persian- American I can tell the information are almost accurate. There is some missing information about the Iran-Iraq war and the role of the US in that war in particular regarding chemical weapons that we provided to Saddam Hossein. I had to take a homemade gas mask to school together with my lunch bag when I was only 7 years old. Just think about it! Unbelievable! We take things for granted in the US. I would happily share my experience with you if you want to make similar content.
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As an Arab! I agree! it was a US/Saudi proxy war using an idiot called Saddam.. both Iraq and Iran lost...
نمیتونم تصور کنم چطوری در امریکا زندگی میکنی و با اینکه جنایت های امریکارو میدونی به اون کشور خدمت میکنی.
ارزو میکنم یک روزی مثل تو نشم ولی اگه بشم هم خیلی ناراحت نمیشم چون اسمم کوروش نیست.
I was wondering about the Iran Iraq war. I do know that the US gave weapons, but I have no idea what they were.
An absolutely fantastic video again. World needs more people like Cappy.
thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video good sir !
As an Iranian I'd like to say good job on the info, although you missed a bit of history.
Also Shah Pahlavi tried his best to develop iran and have good relationship with west. Every single major development in iran we see now is done at his time. After him iran went back to 14th century...
I like how unbiased and fair your analysis is.
thanks for noticing the effort to stay fair on a very spicy difficult subject to tackle
@@Taskandpurpose Have you ever asked yourself why parts of the Iran nuclear deal are still secret? Because US left so much enriched uranium in Iran when they fled the Revolution? - How did Israel manage to divert enough fissionable material from US to make their first nuclear bombs? Why have Israeli nukes all got US triggers? If US pour weapons into Irans neighbors are you surprised that Iran arms itself? The IAEA can only find evidence that Iran explored the explosives could cause an implosion which ended in 2003 - Finally Why do you think The Saudis funder Pakistan's nuclear bomb?
lmao.
I really appreciate the time you put into researching all of the topics and delivering that information in such easy to understand way, I understand thats what you're going for and you've been crushing it dude. Thank you.
I've had the privilege of meeting and working with a few Iranians. Absolutely wonderful people. Can't say enough about them.
True of most people all over the world I would imagine, minus the politics and religions of their country.
Chris you make understanding easier!!!!!!! Thanks for the time you dedicate to your show. Outstanding!!!!!
We get more impartial history from an average infantrymen than the news or school.
This is another hit 🔥🔥🔥
Iran, and a lot of us, fell victim to the same tricks.
thanks I try to keep an open mind and try my best to understand what our adversaries think
Imagine a world where they agreed on the 50/50 split. A compromise that probably would have resulted in Iran developing wealth slowly over time instead of going through constant economic and political instability that has resulted in their present state. That would provide the long term stability any democracy needs to flourish.
I didn't want to give my own opinions too much but yeah I think it might have been better if they took the 50 - 50 deal and then later on hopefully the British would have handed it back over at some point. I know it sounds too good to be true and probably is but, there's always wishful thinking
Anyhow you see it the land is their so they have full authority over it let's say it was vis-versa and britain was iran?
@@uchennanwokorie2681 Why would Britain bother invest their money into developing resource extraction and then not be rewarded for it? Respecting and protecting private and corporate ownership of property and resources is one of the most profoundly successful aspects of western society in general. The fact that you can own something and can realistically expect it not to be taken from you under strong authority of law. Breaking this trust is how you end up like Cuba, Venezuela, and indeed, Iran.
@@Taskandpurpose British oil companies created the wealth by building Iran's oil industry from scratch. All that was required was a sensible approach from Iran's government to appropriate compensation. See also Abdul Nasser for a similar theft, but this time the Americans supported the appropriation of facilities by Egypt that were wholey financed by France and Britain. American hypocrisy runs pretty deep when it comes to their 'anti-colonialism, except where it applies to American client states)
@@uchennanwokorie2681 If you steal stuff you will be judged, regardless of whether the stuff you steal is allinside your own country.
This was a surprisingly detailed and nuanced explanation of the situation I have seen online.
Your explanation of the post WW2 period was very impressive.
It was utter nonsense
Also "I-ran" borders Arabian Sea? Seriously?
Iran only borders Persian Gulf and Oman (Macran) sea in the south!!!
Absolutely absurd!
Dude! That was a GREAT video on the history of America and Iran. I had no idea how the whole thing started. Thank you and keep up the awesome videos Cappy!
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@@VolSer1993 ?
Finally after months of waiting we got an episode about Iran.....🤤
Ok now we need a part 2😐
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So this is the first time I am hearing of the backstory of the investment Anglo-Persian oil company. Everyone starts off with the Mossadegh nationalization, I wonder if that was intentional now or just lack of knowledge. Anyways thanks for expanding mine and others knowledge base a little further.
That Mossadegh rejected the 50-50 deal offered by Truman speaks volumes about Iranian greed when it was not they that built the facilities and the pipelines. And, may I just say here, CIA cowboys in 1953 missed an excellent opportunity by not invading Iran outright and taking care of the problem / nipping it in the bud before it got worse? An aircraft carrier battle group in the Persian Gulf plus a regiment of British royal marine commandos would have handled the problem with ease.
I haven't really heard it framed that way (UK mad over investment) either. There's a lot of political/diplomacy power as well as wealth involved. From what I've read Mossadegh wasn't a flowery diplomatic personality ;) and not someone the US or UK could push around. If Iran nationalized, they would get more cash and diplomatic power. If UK kept production, they would get wealth and political power inside Iran. UK was pretty bankrupt after WWII so just building back up wealth at that time too. High stakes.. Hasn't ended well.
Mossadegh is were USA got involved. Previous to the war, Iran was in the UK sphere of influence, sometimes contested by the Russians. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (BP) was the first blueprint how Western companies could exploit the oilfields and siphon off the profits while keeping the countries of origin underdeveloped under a super rich ruling class.
@@TheMilpitasguy you are right. It’s refreshing to see another critical thinker. Some folks have no idea how large the investment was. They are still making enormous amounts of money with the infrastructure and wisdom they stole.
Isn't it strange, for most long running international issues, if you go back far enough, there is the UK mucking with things.
Oh, forgot to thank you for your service and the work you do on Task & Purpose. I love your work.
sucking up to a clown lmao
Thx for the video man. Your style of presentation whatever the topic always lighten up my day and today it was more uplifting than ever.
I’m glad to hear that ! I’ll keep trying
Kinda omitted the fact that the $1.8B was Iran's money to begin with
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just want say this was a truly excellent briefing on Iran. Without going into too much detail it touched on all the key parts of the backstory, things that might still have relevance today.
Thank you I really appreciate that !
It’s a bit of a problem when Iranian leaders talk about wiping Israel from the map, while also trying to acquire nuclear weapons
I appreciate this more or less fair assessment of the US & Iran relationship. Far too often the average American seems woefully ignorant of why a number of nations around the world are so hostile toward tem and just casually chalk it up to "They must hate freedom" without bothering to find out the full story. Cheers!
lots of countries in this world may not get along with each other occasionally,but when it comes to america,they are all on the same page.....iraq,afganistan,armenia.....China,Russia,half the countries in the middle east,Cuba,venezuela,columbia,libya,kosovo,north korea,whole bunch of countries in africa,el salvador,nicaragua,lebanon,bosnia,sudan.....even saudi arabia nowadays.
and these arent minor pet peeves either, they all have major beefcakes.
gotta ask urself how is it possible for any country in the world to have so many enemies and such a impressive track record.
no i dont think americans say "they must hate freedom" its that we just dont think about it. for most americans the only countries that matter are those that pose a direct threat to america.
america has had so much prosperity that was derived from itself that we have no concept of what its like to be dependent on another country to up hold there bargains to maintain our quality of life. we dont care what others think because it doesnt affect us if a deal goes south. this is one of the reasons trump is so loved. it fits most of americas worldview; america first. we have the land, the scientific capability, and the manufacturing capabilities (use-to, again trump was pushing this) to go our own way without the unwanted and needed "help" of other countries. this isn't america looking down on others it is pride in self-reliance. so yes we are ignorant, but not for the reasons you think.
to the average moderate and conservative (not liberals cause who knows what they think it changes with the political ebbs and flows and what their overlords tell them) american "freedom" is synonymous with the ability to rely on yourself. from the individual level to the world stage. this may seem isolationist im concept, but let me remind you roughly half of our history we were to a certain extent. not until WW1 did that really change.
also as im re-readinig this i want to add, the physical separation of the americas doesn't help either, and i agree in the more or less fair asseesment of US and Iran relations.
That's because Americans are dumb and ignorant. If anything, they would start a new war tomorrow, even if their enemy was fictional.
I never expected this guy to give such a balanced view on such complex issues. Very impressed.
Balanced view !!
Wow, I really like how you pulled the history out of this. The research you did was well presented in the video. Thank you for teaching me things I would have never learned in school
... with the usual American apologetic about imperialism 🧐
@@binnahgondwe5158 Well, I like his moxy. We could all use a little imperialism.
bro read the words and sound them out it's literally what they taught us in kindergarten, PAHVILLE??????
Chris and team, great work on the video. The one correction I would make is that Mossadegh wanted to get a 50-50 deal similar to what the Saudi's had in Saudi Arabia, that was originally rejected by the British as they wanted regime change, they were concerned that Mossadegh would be too cozy to the Soviets following the issues ongoing. Thanks for bringing attention to this, especially important with the ongoing protests to oust the Mullahs.
There was definitely a worry about soviet influence . Everything I read about that pro soviet group in Iran they weren’t very powerful at all but the concern was they would become bigger . they were called “Tudeh “
The old “we have to install a pro western military junta because commies” ( what happened to the right of self determination btw ) not because we wanna steal natural resources, same thing happened in South America when in reality it was all about the Monroe doctrine ( hypocritical since they don’t believe Russia has the same right ) if you don’t believe me look up Ho Chi Min’s independence speech in 1945 he was praising American democracy, but as soon as the CIA finished helping him kick out the French ( L. Fletcher Prouty admitted to that ) they wanted to take over ( Vietnam is the worlds largest rubber producer ) it’s just imperialism
what are your sources for that assertion? If you cite Wikipedia you lose
This was a good video but it does miss a few other major points of contention between both countries such as US support for Iran's regional rivals and the Flight 655 incident.
Yes, I suspect those plus the inherent threat western culture poses to the cleric's control are the more important factors.
@@petergerdes1094 Western "culture" is a threat. It threatens Iranian traditions and Iranian way of life. It threatens Iran's civilizational rights.
@@petergerdes1094 idk man id say funding a genocidal maniac is pretty high on the list, the US literally pumped Saddam full of modern western weaponry to fight the Iranians (there's even evidence that WE helped develop Iraqs chemical weapons program)
@@nicholasbrown668 Ohh, Im not saying our past actions wouldn't have given someone cause to feel that way but my sense is that most nations are often far more forward looking in their policy choices than that and are often surprisingly willing to ignore the past when it offers benefits in the present/future.
But maybe that's less true for a theocracy with very limited turn over.
@@petergerdes1094 tell that to the US who will literally turn its back on its allies when it pleases them (so much so the entire EU made their own GPS system because the US used theirs as a political and military control scheme)
Your research and your sources are really well thought of and well put together. First video I watched and instantly subscribed to you. Keep on the great work!
You summarized and explained 100 years of history so well I can't believe how long it would have taken for you to do the research and understand it yourself. As Einstein says, 'those who can't explain something simply, don't know it well enough. You definitely know well enough.
His research is terrible to say lightly, majority of his information is inaccurate
So big shocker, the UK was trying to defectors keep the benefits of things that didn’t rightfully belong to them and the US refused to call them out on it, which led to the cascade of events we’re dealing with today.
More like the Iranians would’ve never discovered the oil or figured out how to pump out the oil and got greedy when the UK wanted to be paid for all the effort they’d put into Turning this worthless sandy backwater into a feasible oil producing nation
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se don’t care if they used it or not. Their land. Their oil. Nobody else is entitled to it.
@@nikik5567 This guy also fails to point out that the Brits had killed almost half of the Iranian population 30 years before in 1917/1919. It was worse than the holocaust yet no speaks about it.
@@givemelibertyorgivemedeath001 and yet somehow I’m not shocked to hear it happened.
The comments correctly point out many things you skipped, but you probably weren't aiming for a 12-part mini series so I think this was a really good encapsulation. This may promote you above the level of Average Infantryman, but I'll let it slide. >8^)
Great historical summary of Iran-American relations!
Thank you very much! A comprehensive explanation
Rare to see content creators explaining all sides of the truth, being objective and giving a clear picture, respect
if only more people, pundits, and politicians did this, we might come up with better and more equitable ways to solve problems....
@@xisotopex Right, it’s certainly better than deluding ourselves down the path of conflict because we the citizens will feel it the most, and life is already hard as is.
I needed my weekly dose of Cappy butchering foreign names
consistency is the key.
yes, you could tell he didn't grow up watching the nightly news in the 80's with the strait of Hormuz pronunciation
He really does it over and over again xD
And nuclear.
It's gone beyond occasional mistakes to meme-level now. I have an incredible amount of respect for the work that Cappy does, and for getting in front of the camera to cover some interesting topics well. (I couldn't do any of it half as well).
Thanks for the history. All too often we in the US think problems just happen with no historical context.
It is nice to see folks from Iran posting in this thread. Hopefully they will eventually get a government that serves them well.
As apposed to the US gov who funds wars and color revolution around the world while it’s citizens starve, die from opioid crisis, infrastructure crumbles, crime escalates and nobody can afford their basic healthcare 👏🏼
@@X2XClothingCanada No disagreement from me about the evils the US has engaged in.
Don't get in to it . Iranian politics are toxic af you will get hit by everyone ( both sides)
This is a brilliant video! Channel is really kicking goals mate, keep it up!
Thank you man I really appreciate the kind words , I’m trying my darndest
Imagine if we had the Shah of Iran and the POTUS getting along like best friends, with Iran being the preferred contact in the Middle East and not Saudi Arabia... Really imagine that.
Israel wouldn’t like that
The Shah is dead... you're stuck in 1979.
That would be a big improvement.
That friendship ended in 1979...
@@Rake3577 Israel supported Iran during the Iran-Iraq War so that Iran could provide a counterweight to Iraq; and to re-establish influence in Iran which Israel lost with the Islamic revolution in '79
as an iranian your opinions were much fairer than i expected from an american 😊 but in this part about political prisoners 8:06 i guess you maid a mistake because the whole number of prisoners in iran for any sort of crime combined is less than 200 thousnd !! for just political reasons its around 1000 (likely higher in this months of protests) and evin prison in tehran is not just for political prisoners in fact they are in minority there compared to other prisoners (but traditionally it holds the famous ones)
HormUz not Hormaz. It is the Straight of Hormuz.
Nice to see you address strategic, not just the tactical content
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We ( the US) want to make Iranian free, ...
Like we did in Libya 🇱🇾, Iraq 🇮🇶 Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Syria 🇸🇾 ...even Yemen 🇾🇪..
We don't care about Iran and Iranian people...
All what we care, is " Iranian Delicious Oil "
If we did care about well being of Iranian people, we never sanctions them ..or protected Shah regime after cup decade...
So, ..
Stop, playing good friends of Iranian people... cry crocodile 🐊...
This infantry man has been so consistent in this channel 😅💯🔥wait till he starts doing million views in weeks💯👏who else agree⁉️
Well done Cappy, very few in the West, let alone the U.S. know the background of British/American corporate/government involvement in the interference and coup in 1954, which although conveniently forgotten in the West, was obviously not lost on the Iranian people.
Also appreciate you're explanation of term of "blowback" by the CIA.
By far the most humble plug to like and subscribe. Keep up the great videos
I'm hoping things will be alright. As an American, I have great respect for the Iranian people. Here's to a more desirable future. 🇮🇷 🇺🇸
My mother's entire family was killed by American forces in 1970, how can I believe your words?
@@OshinAttari no one is exactly the same. It's like saying I'd fly a plane into a building just because members of my race did it.
@@OshinAttari vietnam?
@@chadgaming8071
No
Bombing of Kharg Island
@@SpaceMonkeyBoi
America's policy has not changed, America has not done anything good for Iran since the day Iran had a relationship with America!!
You only want to loot Iran's oil, gas and mines As always,
you even banned food and medicine for Iran for 42 years and targeted Iranian civilian planes, and gave Saddam chemical weapons for genocide in Iran!!!
At 9/11 America Lost 3000 of it's Citizens and For 9/11 Nearly Destroyed 5 Nations( Iraq Afghanistan Libya Yemen and Syria ) and Killed more than 5m People
I should clarify a few things about Iran, especially some surprising facts in 4, 5 and 6:
1. A British millionaire (I can't recall the name) funded the oil exploration that led to the discovery of oil in Iran. For some reason, the Iranian leader at the time signed a lopsided deal (yes, let's call it what it was -- lopsided) that allowed the millionaire to keep most of the profits.
(Many African, Asian, and Southern American nations signed similar lopsided deals with British, American, and French, politicians and businessmen, so the lopsidedness was probably the result of the influence of the foreign governments and not that the leader of Iran at the time was dumb.)
Iran got next to nothing from the oil sales. In fact, after deducting "expenses", the millionaire paid taxes to the British government before sharing whatever was left with Iran, which was always next to nothing.
The British government later bought out the company from the millionaire, which did make the situation any better for Iran since they now had to deal with the powerful British government. Nevertheless, Iran was still dirt poor while its wealth was taken away. That was going to lead to problems down the line.
2. The oil company the British founded exists today as British Petroleum (aka BP).
3. Saying Mossadeeq was not elected but appointed is like saying the British PM was not elected but appointed. Iranians voted for Mossadeeq to represent them in parliament and the members of parliament voted for him to become PM. That's how it's done in many "democratic" nations including Britain and Canada.
Mossadeeq was a democratic leader until the British and Americans overthrew him for daring to nationalize the "British" oil company and reinstalled the monarchy led by the Shah in power. The Shah, just like Saudi is doing day, gave the British and Americans useful and valuable oil in exchange for… wait for it, weapons.
Iran bought loads of weapons from the US but that was where their "success" ended. Like today's Saudi, oil wealth made it lazy and its' population had nothing much going on for them. They were rich but they had no skills. It was just the oil money. They lived in a facade "wealthy" economy, propped up by oil. They didn’t own the oil facilities, machines, or anything. They only collected rents from drilled oil. That isn't wealth.
Iranians soon got fed up with the British and Americans running their economy and a revolution broke out, causing the Shah to flee.
4. While everyone thinks the revolutionists were united, they were actually three groups fighting for control:
- The communists, who wanted a Soviet-style military dictatorship,
- The nationalists who wanted Iran's return to democracy,
- And the religionists, who wanted an Islamic nation.
The communists were the largest of the three groups and were on their way to taking control of the government when the nationalists and religionists agreed to unite and share power, leading to the democracy-religionist government we have today.
The religionists appointed an Ayatollah that ruled the country but the people also elected a president.
5. Today, Iran has two armies, two navies, and two air forces. One is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (with its own navy and air force) to defend the nation's religion, while the other is the Iranian army, navy, and air force, which acts as the regular military. The IRGC is more powerful and is more talked about. Many even think they are the army. They are not.
6. This one will surprise you but what if I told you the current Ayatollah, Ali Khamenei (who is currently a religionist) was actually a nationalist?
He was the president of Iran until the first Ayatollah suddenly died in 1989. The religionists didn't have a replacement and started sourcing for someone the citizens won't refuse. So they turned to the same nationalist president the citizens elected through the ballot and appointed him as Ayatollah. Problem solved.
That said, unlike what most people think, Iran is not an Islamic country per se. It's liberal. The religionists are the ones trying to enforce religious rules on the people and not the people rebelling against existing religious rules.
Thank you for very good explaination. Now I understand. It is a bit similar to some western countries, e.g. Germany, where the nasionalist and religionist share the power. The state deals with most of countries issue from Monday until Saturday where the churches "own" the country on Sunday plus obligatory Christian classes in public schools, and dont forget the religion tax. Plus the existance of Christian parties. In nutshell, there is no big diff between Iran and western countries. One cannot avoid religions and state unless you are in communist countries. So if one wants to get rid of the Mullah, they have to implement communism in Iran.
Don't tell the truth. Nobody will like you.
@@kenirawadi4689 you must be literally insane
@@TomorrowWeLive tell me where is the insane part? The Mullah and the secular politicians in Iran sharing power is in principle similar to the church and the gov sharing power in Germany. For example, why in Germany on Sunday even the shops should close? Or why the church can still impose religion education in public schools? Do you know that every day the churches ring their bells for several time? not only on Sunday but every day.
Of course there are diff here and there but in reality even in Germany they do not put the religion out of state politic. So, similar to Iran. Just because
this is not what happened to iran, religionists took control of the weapons in the revolution and took the power by force if you read you will see they killed comonists and nationalists and president in iran is just for show and doesnt do anything it is just a popet who gets installed by people vote which the candidates are only who the leader approved so who ever you vote you end up with the leader popet and it was always this way
You guys put in the work on these videos. But I've sailed through that strait near Iran and never heard it pronounced like that. We were surveying areas for them to hide their diesel submarines and they didn't really like us running patterns just outside of their waters.
Good Job Cappy. Real good coverage.
I love how you gave a fair and balanced report not demonizing either side. We are silly apes on a rock trying to get along. Demonizing some people is a disservice to everyone.
it's tough to please everyone especially when trying to be fair about things. inevitably there will be people on both sides now who don't enjoy the video but it feels wrong to make it one sided
@@Taskandpurpose Keep up the good work and fair and balanced videos. Follow your heart.
His views are still way too Amerocentric, Calling Hezbollah a terrorist group is basically reciting Wahabi / Israeli Zionist propaganda. Hezbollah is a legitimate organisation that provides care and welfare for the Lebanese Shi'a population. Calling them terrorists is quite offensive, You cannot dismiss alot of these armed popular groups in the 3rd world as "terrorism" otherwise you will fall into an imperialist trap. Same with saying that Hamas are "terrorists". You are simply imposing your worldview on a people that are historically oppressed and denied the same privilege as Americans and other 1st world people.
@@deezeed2817 Perhaps he was a little Amerocentic. Someone's terrorist is somebody's freedom fighter. The history of the world is littered with people trying to get self rule and taking resources. The leaders of the American Revolution were considered terrorists. When one person kills someone it is called murder, but when a group of people do it, it is called justice. Using the word "imperialist" is also an inflammatory 3rd world bias. I really have one solution to this mess of a world but I don't know how to achieve it. I would like to see a world democratic government with equal representation based on population and a world language to be taught to everyone. There would be free travel and trade anywhere in the world. There would be no need for large armies. There is one caveat...I would stipulate adults may own firearms as a check and balance against a possibility of a tyrannical government forming.
I remember what Pat Buchanan said about the Iran nuke deal was a no brainer...either a tough treaty or a direct war. We dropped our bargaining power prematurely.
Someone forgot Afghanistan already! With those mountains and vast land, it will be worse than Vietnam. If the US think there is a chance to beat Iran up without suffering too much itself, I am pretty sure they would do it.
I think that main reason for Iran-US animosity is Iran's feud with Izrael, which is America's close ally. Izrael has even openly declared they are preparing for pre-emptive war against their rival.
Sure, then you should read iran's published warfighting doctrine, which is to deliver a single warhead, 400 miles at altitude over Kansas and detonate. A HEMP attack will put the US technologically back in the 18th Century. We are the, "Great Satan". Israel is the, " Little Satan".
BTW it already is open war between iran's proxies and Israel. Who do you believe launched iranian attack drones from syria?
Not just Israel but Saudis too. Two countries that have most of the US polticians in their pockets
We never give up.
from persia.
Long live Russia 🇷🇺 and her allies. And thank you Iran 🇮🇷 I know Russia 🇷🇺 appreciate your help and I hope you in joy our money
Thank you sir, love from Iran i hope our drones save more human resources in the military operation, insha'Allah liberation of Odessa.
Me: USA why are you attacking middle east?
USA : because we think they have WMD
Me : then why you don't attacking Russia and China?
USA : because we know they have WMD
Are you referring to the WMD's that Saddam used on Iran and the kurds?
@@rogerout8875 We know he had those MWDs because he used them... the lie came later when Dubbuya claimed they still had more to use, when apparently they were out.
@@Kristina.Larson so, chemical weapons are cool then?
Ever heard of "desert storm syndrome"?
@@rogerout8875 Not sure what you are going on about, but I am referring to the weapons used against the Kurds following Bush Sr's pullout after Desert Storm. That happened before the "hunt for the WMDs" under Dubbuya a decade later.
@@rogerout8875 wmd ? Is chlore gas wmd 😂😂😂😂
You literlly put saddam to power to fight iran
America used chemical weapon in iraq
USA: Sanctions Iran to death
Iran: Allies with Russia
Also the USA: Derrrrrrrrrr whaaaa?
Awwww damn the soleimani meme was so uncalled for. Having said that you were impartial with the facts and I appreciate that.
America has the most seasoned fighting force. We are ready for whatever comes 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Strange, did the most seasoned fighting force beat back the Taliban? Because last I checked, they won after two decades.
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name a war you've won on your own ?
@@Thorium_ who’s in power right now in Afghanistan after the US left? Who inherited tens of billions of military equipment? Maybe ask who won in the end and realize it wasn’t the US
When it came to ISIS, it was Iran and Hezbollah and their allies who were fighting them, while our supposed allies like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and even indirectly Israel were supporting ISIS. But even while being on the same side as Iran, we couldn't really work together.
Do you also believe Jews control the world? So many excuses all the time from Arabs, There is a reason why you got terro *cough* "resistance groups" in every fucking country you live in, You're mostly religious idiots with very low education levels and it affects heavily you're economical status.
So adding trash economy + being a religious uneducated idiot, You have snowflakes that listen to the local Imam who tells that it's good to blow urself at some Church or even other Mosques because they aren't as religious nuts like you.
Not everyone ofcourse but a large portion of the population are extremists to some degree.
You can't deny the fact that 90% of ur countries are simply SHIT to live in, 10% are just small gulf states with massive resources, Not massive intelligence.
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America made isis dude
I am from iraq there bases was literlly 100 meter from isis non attacked each other
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@@manofwar2354 Exactly!
Sometimes I'm afraid using too much oil on my food, not because I'm afraid to have cholesterol but I'm afraid USA army might invade or trying to coup my frying pan
Those arteries of yours may need a little..... freedom
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So one nation helping russia is bad but 30+ nations helping ukraine is good lol
Because russis is the bad guy, dumas
Most of the Iranians i met supported the overthrow of the Shah precisely because of those 'enhanced interrogation' techniques you mentioned .
After a few friends and family are found floating in the sea with electric fire marks on their bodies one tends to blame the torturing regime and its American advisors.
@@alimaleki6316 the people I met were anything but communist.
@@alimaleki6316 ah yes the "they were probably communist"
@@muntadar1655 yes shah had a bear to rape revolutionary angels
@@alimaleki6316 keep trolling, alawi
@@muntadar1655 Fire worshipper here
This is one of your finest plus most informative reports! All this still begs the question: Why are we all so seemingly addicted to oil and only oil as our energy source?? Why has no country mastered efficient and affordable renewable sources be it solar, wind, geothermal, wave or all of these?? This would stop global warming and return all these bad guy countries back to their economies before all these ridiculous oil profits!!
The simple answer is because those with the money want it that way. Oil companies are making record profits and that money goes into the pockets of people who are invested in keeping it that way. Billionaires who want to keep the money flowing into their pockets spend a pittance to buy politicians towards that goal. That's why fossil fuel subsidies world wide exceeded $300 billion last year alone. Since oil companies are global spanning they get to dip into that heavily. Renewable subsidies are catching up but frankly I feel that we should be cutting subsidies in general. When companies are making record profits by gouging consumers maybe it's time to stop throwing even more money at them just for existing..
Those energy sources work in some places, but not others.
Light years away from replacing oil with renewable energy.. It's going to remain that way as long as governments keep pumping money into renewable energy..
Not much reason for advancement in R&D when there is a steady flow of government money.. Take wind energy for example. Each of the wind turbines standing in the US are basically a big net loss. Not one of them will create enough energy to pay for themselves, but the companies made billions thanks to government money.. ZERO point in dumping money into a product to improve it when you are making billions. Get government out of it and you will start to see improvement if it's actually viable..
Is it really global warming? I remember when they first started pushing their BS they called it global warming, we are all going to fry.. Then it was global cooling and we are all going to freeze to death. Eventually they started preaching climate change because they couldn't keep up with the climate that has changed throughout history.. I have a little hint for you. When they have to doctor results to fit their narrative, do everything they can to discredit anyone that challenges it and even call for it to be illegal and anyone that dares challenges it should be jailed it's likely a bunch of BS...
How you present things is objective and fact based…you’re a class act
As an Iranian, I can corroborate your story as to what happened that led to this situation between the USA and Iran. But in order to overthrow the government we need help from the rest of the world; this government is relentless, and Mahsa Amini was not the only victim of this regime. And in order to keep their dictator leader, Khamenei, in power, they have no limits. During these protests they murdered a 10-year-old boy by the name of Kian Pir Falak. Recently they have started executing the protestors they have seized in a most brutal way. They rape the Iranian women in prisons just because they don't want to wear hijab. We cannot fight them single-handedly. As you can see from all over the world, Iranian people are protesting against this regime, but we need your help.
Coming from an American yeah... "because we love freedom". Maybe you're the one's poking pretty much most of the world in the eye
I love how when Iran supports its allies, such as supporting Shiite militias who wanted US out of their country, their fighting a proxy war, and their allies are proxies. But when we support Ukraine against Russia, or giving Israel billions in military aid and equipment, we are helping our allies, not arming our proxies.
2:30 the problem with the private property argument is that said private property was most often not acquired in an above board way in the first place.
"Iran hates us cause we love freedom!" Bro you fought for Israeli interests
We love freedom so much we've overthrown more democratically elected governments and installed more dictators and attacked more nations than any other country, and currently support more than 50 dictators or undemocratic regimes
Go U.S.A 🇺🇸💪🏻
Yes Go To Hell
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As an Iranian, I hope this regime falls and Iran and USA can once again become allies
Bullsht... Iranian people not slave or sheep for west satanic people
شتر در خواب بیند پنبه دانه
Camel only in Dream can Eat Fresh and Sweet Grass
Not allies America will fucking exploit you like how they did prior to 1979 and today with Europe. Even Henry Kissinger said being America's enemy is dangerous but being America's friend is FATAL.🤣🤣🤣🖐🖐🖐on
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@@syedabbas5822 ok here’s to you 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻
Very capable explanation with no hiding of information.