Ray-of-Hope
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The most important point is again that once upon a time, Iran was a very strong ally of the US. Two things at the time could ruin any nation in a jiffy: getting rid of American support, and getting rid of Soviet support. Afghanistan paid the price for the latter, Iraq for the former.US and Britain were allies of the Shah when Iran was weak and dependent on the west. When Iran became more and more independent and prospered, the Shah started to slowly distance Iran from western influence. Ofcourse Pro-regime people will tell you that Shah was a puppet, but he was not. If you have the time look at this video, I think it covers the entire shah era in one short video.
this is more detailed
and this 10 second video
I believe US and Britain helped Khomeini into power, but of course the mullahs witnsessng that US betrayed their once most important ally, knew they never trust US and Britain.