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Ayatollah Khomeini

I remember a book years ago (sadly can't recall the title) about how Western countries helped him go on with overthrowing the previous government because of some disagreements about Iranian oil. Which doesn't surprise me, as the same happened later in Afghanistan, and probably today in Syria.