in 1953, the cia, british petroleum (bp), and britain's mi6 spy agency ousted iran's democratically elected president and put exiled king shah pahlavi in power, under the condition that he allow foreign oil companies - such as bp - to continue to operate in iran.

as a result of this deal, the shah became incredibly wealthy, and ordered his breakfast flown in from france every morning while his people lived in poverty.

years later, iran's religious leaders helped lead a revolution against the shah. they privatized all of iran's oil operations and the shah escaped to egypt.

iran has hated great britain and the united states ever since.