Indeed, from coup to dictatorship to war to sanctions, the US has racked up more than 60 continuous years of trying to impose its will on Iran. The CIA and Britain’s MI6 jointly toppled Mohammad Mossadegh’s democratically elected government in 1953, in order to block Mossadegh’s attempts to nationalize Iran’s oil reserves.
事实上，从政变到独裁再到战争和制裁，美国在60多年的时间里不断地把自己的意愿强加给伊朗。1953年，中央情报局和英国军情六处联合颠覆了民选的摩萨德（Mohammad Mossadegh）政府，以阻止摩萨德将伊朗石油储量国有化的政策。接着，美国扶持了巴列维（Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi）的残酷独裁统治，直到1979年伊斯兰革命将其推翻。