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!
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-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..."
