Because the previous government to that, which had been led by Prime Minister Mossadeq and which had enjoyed more popular support, had been removed as a result of foreign pressure, the huge swathe of the population which was opposed to the government acquired an extreme anti-Western attitude.
Le gouvernement qui avait précédé les Pahlevi, dirigé par le Premier ministre Mossadeq et fort d’un soutien populaire bien plus conséquent, ayant été renversé sous la pression étrangère, l’écrasante majorité de la population opposée au gouvernement est devenue radicalement anti-Occident.