Above is (somewhat) right.  Meet the original BP [1]<p>The Shah was not a puppet. Puppets dance to the tune of puppet master &amp; master would not replace said puppet with Ayatollahs.<p>Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was an Iranian Nationalist and the story of 20th century in Iran is far far more nuanced than the caricature painted by (very interested) partisans such as Kinzer.<p>Do the research. This [2] is the Iran that the &quot;puppet&#x27;s&quot; father, Reza Pahlavi (&quot;the Great&quot;) inherited. Exceptional moves by the &quot;puppet&#x27;s&quot; father began with establishment of an independent National Bank (which did not please &quot;master&quot; in City of London). And continued until Iran was actually considered a geopolitical threat to the gang that started the Trilateral Commission [3].<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company</a><p>[2]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chaonix.com&#x2F;DL&#x2F;National_Geography_April_1921.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chaonix.com&#x2F;DL&#x2F;National_Geography_April_1921.pdf</a><p>[3]:<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;DqrHQpRHwws" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;DqrHQpRHwws</a> (Don&#x27;t be confused. Jimmy here is saying Iran is &#x2F;too&#x2F; stable and my friend Zibig &amp; our friends like to see massive instability in this region until &quot;the great game&quot; is won.}<p>[minor typo edits; link fix; final edit note corrected NG pdf link.]