@Giuseppe di Bella di Santa Sofia
C’était une orientation générale occidentale, renouvelée avec les « moudjahidins » d’Afghanistan. Il y a eu décision occidentale de pousser au départ du shah lors de la conférence de la Guadeloupe, lié à la crainte d’une intervention soviétique (*).
Ils pensaient que l’armée pourrait contrebalancer le pouvoir islamique.
C’était une position collective.
(*) extract : Carter said about Imam Khomeini, “We have no direct relation with
Ayatollah Khomeini, but clearly believe that he supports stability in
Iran. Regardless of the undeniable depth of his religious beliefs, I
hope he allow the government established according to the Constitution
to be successful.”
...."dispatch
a squadron of powerful F-15 Fighters to Saudi Arabia. Although this
action was to intimidate Iranian revolutionaries, but its main objective
was to warn the Soviet Union. So, authenticity of interests caused the
Great Powers to shift their policy and abandon the Shah after years of
benefit for them"