Was digging into political history of Iran and made the strangest correlation. Remember the old Bugs Bunny cartoons with the red mustachioed hothead yelling “Jumpin Jehosophat”? J. Josaphat aka Paul Reuter (news) did some major shenanigans in Iran:

“In 1872, Nasir al-Din Shah, the Shah of Iran, signed an agreement with Reuter, a concession selling him all railroads, canals, most of the mines, all the government's forests, and all future industries of Iran. George Curzon called it "The most complete and extraordinary surrender of the entire industrial resources of a kingdom into foreign hands that has ever been dreamed of".[7] The Reuter concession was immediately denounced by all ranks of businessmen, clergy, and nationalists of Persia, and it was quickly forced into cancellation.”

The whole UK/Iran history is very interesting and adds some good context to what has been going on for years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reuter