On this day, June 2, 1967 there were protests in West Berlin against the visit of the Shah of Iran. One of the demonstrators, Benno Ohnesorg was killed by the police.
Twelve years later the Shah was deposed by a revolution and the Ayatollah Khomeini became the new leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
During the Shah's time in power the British and US organised an army coup, which deposed the democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, who had nationalised the British-owned oil industry. Mohammad Mosaddegh was a modern democrat, a good man.
As a result of Benno Ohnesorg being killed in Berlin, Movement 2 was formed in West Berlin and from that a number of terrorist groups sprang up in West Berlin and West Germany.
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