"Theories" loll I don't give two fucks what Carter claimed on the surface that fucking snake..they didn't want stability in the region, they wanted chaos and for there to be conflict between the Arabs and Israel.
...not 20-30 I said 20-30% and did you count them at azadi square one by one? Wtf you talking about?? Thousands of people? So what? Thousands are how many percent of total 40 million?
This (Iran) is one of those things in life where you know little and are unaware that you know next to nothing about.
What the victor or the ones in charge of power tries to reflect as "history" is not necessarily relevant to reality, to those who have lived it "history" is often merely an index, a timetable, but to know exactly what happened requires alot deeper study than what high school level textbook you read.
Shah had major influence in OPEC and influence over important members (including on a personal level not only diplomatic influence) including Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as in setting the price per barell, and as in OPEC accounting for roughly %40 of world fuel production including gas and also with OPEC countries being in possession of over %70 of the entire petroleum fuel reserve on this planet.
The west decided it's best to install an illiterate extremist regime which tortures it's own people and funds terror, in place of a smart Austria raised and educated king (who started being more outspoken and whose footage actually exists of him saying in English on BBC, I will not let the blue eyed take anymore from Iran for next to nothing) for big-big savings and control over Iran and as a consequence the region, plus much more, such as precious metals at dirt cheap prices. Russia is eating at the same table too now by the way interestingly..
Shah didn't merely claim it was the west, it's a well known fact Iran has long been under UK influence since before they installed him in place of his father.. they (UK/US) easily exiled the shahs father and installed his young son in 1941 along with Russia, but then later they found out he had his own ideas and won't submit and he had to go away in 1979.
Not going to get into it here but it's first hand account vs. some essay you read/news heard so I'll leave it at that..
Where is there proof of anything in history other than what the victor dictates?
The "pilot" that accompanied Khomeini when he entered by plane from France and can be seen on video was a CIA agent. Can I go above the head of CIA and prove that? No so I guess I'm wrong and you and "history" know it all.
Proof loll where havent dirty Saxons stuck thier nose in? If one wants to fall back on history then let's see what they have been up to going back a dozen centuries. Not going to get into it here but it's first hand account vs. some shit you read/heard so I'll leave it at that. I'll let those who've actually suffered and been to such places come forward and say the rest.
Proof? Actions throughout history speak louder than words.