The US wanted to strike Iranian targets without retaliation in order to not lose face globally. Tehran says no. If I were serving on a US military base in the Middle East, I'd be looking for ways to take leave because things are about to get hot.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Why did the US want to strike Iranian targets?

[–] Montagge@kbin.earth 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Iran is the world’s fifth most resource-rich country, with the second largest natural gas reserves and the fourth largest crude oil reserves, and with a total value of resources amounting to $27.3 trillion.

https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/iran-a-resource-rich-country-reeling-from-rampant-poverty/

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

"In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh was elected Prime Minister of Iran, voted in by the legislature and confirmed by the Shah. Mosaddegh became enormously popular after he nationalized the oil industry of Iran, which had been largely controlled by foreign interests. He worked to weaken the monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi until Mosaddegh was removed in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état—initially an Anglo-American covert operation that marked the first time the United States had participated in an overthrow of a foreign government during the Cold War"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran#1951–1978:_Mosaddegh,_Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi

There's a reason Iranians call the US The Great Satan.

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