Tag: US Fueled “Most Repressive Regime in the World”

NOVANEWS US Imperialism and the Shah 31 years ago today, an article published by The Daily Iowan, "US Imperialism and the Shah," lamented United States-sponsored terrorism against the Iranian people, which was nearing the breaking point. The author, a second-year law student who later became an attorney named Robin B. Potter, who at the time, was a member of the US-based Revolutionary Student Brigade (RSB), explained how the relentlessly brutal dictator, the Shah, acting as a puppet for US government interests, allowed the US economy to reap the harvests of Iran's oil, while the people of Iran suffered under a torturous, totalitarian leader. Subjected to constant scrutiny, individuals and groups who opposed the Shah's tyrannical rule drew the attention of the Shah's secret police, known a...