collins world encyclopaedia

In the article on Iran I was interested to read "1941: Pahlavi Shah was forced to abdicate during WW2 by Allied Occupation Forces and was succeeded by his son Muhammed Riga Pahlavi who continued the modernisation programme. 1946: Britain, US and Soviet occupation forces left."
We are still living throught the legacy of post-colonialism and it seems to me that the colonial powers would be better trying to repair the damage of their colonialism on the mentalities of the previously colonised people and governments rather than intimidate them back into submission again. After all, when was the last time Iran colonised Britain or US? Does Britain or US remember how it felt? It's a pity they did not have the respect for the values of democracy and freedom as they now seem to be trumpeting in brass-band-competition oads.