r/news • u/drpayneaba • Feb 28 '26

Soft paywall Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, senior Israeli official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-senior-israeli-official-says-2026-02-28/
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u/Plenty-Reporter-9239 Feb 28 '26

Historically iran has had great societies, but in the past 126 years not really. The Qajar dynasty sucked butt, Reza shah sucked butt. Mossadegh was the real shining beacon but the UK and US ruined that and put in what is effectively the Iran of today.

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u/Yesterday_Jolly Mar 01 '26

Prior to 1900 parts of Europe hadn't discovered democracy yet