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The Tudeh (the Iranian Communist Party) was one of the stronger political factions in Iran during and immediately after the revolution. IOTL, they allied with Khomeini until he turned on them in 1982 and arrested most of their leadership.

But lets say that due to some POD (Khomeini has a car accident, doesn't really matter what), they manage to take over, such that the 1979 revolution ultimately results in Iran becoming communist rather than Khomeinist. What happens? How might this affect the Cold War? Does the US pour money into anti-communist groups the way we did in Afghanistan?
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