Back in May,
President Trump said he was pulling out
of the Iran nuclear deal,
for a lot of Obamas-- I mean, reasons.
And tonight it becomes official.
At midnight tonight, the United States
will reimpose sanctions on Iran, months after President Trump
announced he was unilaterally pulling out
of the Iran nuclear deal.
The sanctions will target Iran's auto industry,
steel and aluminum manufacturing
and other metals, including gold.
At least a dozen global companies
have pulled out of the country
in anticipation of the sanctions.
Oh, no.
Not Iran's auto industry.
-(laughter) -Now I won't be able to buy
the 2019 Paykan. No!
Aw...
Now what car can I rev up to 25 miles an hour
and cruise with the windows down because they won't roll up?
No-ho-ho!
I'll just have to buy a Mercedes.
Now, obviously, obviously, Iran and the United States
are not friends, right?
They beef harder than Elon Musk and everyone on Twitter.
-(laughter) -But this... this wasn't always this way.
So, let's talk about how the bad blood started
in tonight's segment, What Had Happened Was...
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So, how exactly did America become enemies with Iran?
Well, what had happened was, back in 1951,
Iran was a rising nation, starting, uh, you know,
a path to democracy, thanks to a new leader
named Muhammad Mosaddegh.
Yeah, this guy, right?
And it's weird seeing an Iranian leader smile, right?
Yeah, because normally when you see Iranian leaders,
they always have that angry look on their face,
like they just caught you masturbating.
They've always got that look? Yeah?
Yeah, that-that look?
Look how angry he is.
It looks like he caught you masturbating
to a picture of him being angry.
But Mosaddegh was incredibly popular in Iran,
and for one major reason. You see, before him,
Great Britain controlled Iran's oil fields for decades.
And Mosaddegh, he kicked the British out.
Yeah. And now, of course, the British did not like that.
Because if there's one thing that makes white people angry,
it's taking back what they took from you.
Right? 'Cause hey, two wrongs don't make a right!
-(applause) -So now...
so now... Britain and Iran were feuding,
and both of them turned to America for help.
Iran asked America to help protect their democracy,
and Britain was like, "Hey yo, America, do you want oil?"
And America was like, "Yeah."
NEWSWOMAN: Iran's democratically elected prime minister,
Muhammad Mosaddegh, is overthrown in a coup
organized by the CIA,
clearing the way for closer energy ties
between Washington and Iranian monarch,
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
Ouch. Ouch.
Iran asked the U.S. for help,
and then the U.S. overthrows them using the CIA.
Mm. It's like Iran called 911,
and then the cops came and shot them.
And till this day, Iranian people are still mad
about the U.S. toppling its government,
and I don't blame them.
Because think about how mad America is
because Russia sent some Facebook posts.
Now, imagine Iran.
And what made Iran even angrier is how easy it was
for America to do it.
REPORTER: Kermit Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's grandson,
was the CIA man who plotted the overthrow
of Iran's prime minister.
You had a million dollars in cash to run the coup, right?
That's right.
And we used
about $60,000 of it.
Goddamn. America overthrew Iran's democracy
for just $60,000.
That's like the cost of an Audi Sportback.
Without the sunroof.
So, after the U.S. overthrew Iran's government,
the relationship has never been the same, right?
In 1979, Iranians
had a revolution and took Americans hostage
for over a year. In the 1980s,
America supported Saddam Hussein in his war
against Iran. In the 2000s,
Iran gave Iraqis weapons to use against Americans.
And then, worst of all, the biggest insult
is when America made the movie 300.
Because, don't forget, Iranians are Persians,
and so America basically made a movie
where Iranians looked like this. Huh?
Look at this dude. Look at that. Huh?
He looks like Mr. Clean went to the piercing place in the mall
and was just like, "Give me everything. Give me everything."
And so that's basically why we are where we are today.
So the next time someone asks you why Iran and America
aren't friends, just tell them, "What had happened was..."