The colonial powers that strove to control Iran because of its geopolitical location were Russia and Britain. Russia controlled the north of the country while the south was under the British. The people tried to constitutionalise their country when the King repeatedly failed to deliver even though he promised to. Twice in the early modern period did Iran try to become a democracy with a constitution and rights for the people. Both times the efforts of the people were thwarted and crushed by external colonial influence. The continued interest of the Colonisers in the oil of Iran meant that they were not willing to let the people have a fair share of say or profit in the way the national resources of the country were used.
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be "</span><span>by breaking up different unionized labor strikes and vetoing the Taft-Hartley Act," since he felt that these were having a negative impact on competition in the US economy. </span>
Because they lost thousands of young men for nothing
The process of being at the right time