https://antipodeanobservations.org/tags/middle-east/Recent content in Middle-East on Antipodean ObservationsHugoen-ushello@example.comhello@example.comFri, 17 Apr 2026 13:18:38 +1000https://antipodeanobservations.org/posts/the-imperviious-republic-of-iran/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:23:00 +1000hello@example.comhttps://antipodeanobservations.org/posts/the-imperviious-republic-of-iran/Iran didn’t build a theocracy. It built a democracy that is impenetrable to foreign interference. The Impervious Republic of Iran Iran’s Islamic Republic as Anti-Coup Architecture In August 1953, a CIA operative named Kermit Roosevelt Jr. sat in a Tehran safe house with suitcases of cash and a plan to destroy a democracy. The democracy in question belonged to Mohammad Mossadegh, the elected Prime Minister of Iran, a nationalist who had committed the unforgivable sin of nationalising his country’s oil.