On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:20:54 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>> >In Iran, for example, they are absolutely assured that every time the
>> >paper is late or they can't find a ballpoint pen, that the US is up to
>> >their insidious tricks. By the way, I read a number of years ago that
>> >Iranians generally believe that the source of all their miser is the
>> >Brits--and that the US is only their lackey. Go figure.
>>
>> They have their own mainstream media that perpetuates bullshit that
>> suits their government's agendas, just like we do.
>
> They have fair reason to blame and mistrust Britain, given
>centuries of Britain's manipulations. Britain was feathering its own
>nest in Iran/Persia long before the USA was even invented.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%
>93United_Kingdom_relations#Qajar_era

Fair point about the 'empire'.