If you look a little deeper into regressive powers like al-Qaeda or the Taliban, you will find that they are inextricably intertwined with the imperialist bourgeoisie even if they seem to oppose the USA on the surface. They exist not only to repress nascent leftist currents like classical fascist movements do, but on top of that to plunge entire regions into chaos and to hinder and revert their agricultural and industrial self-development, so that these regions will not become a serious threat to the Western hegemony. The same was ostensibly true for the Nazi Party which had many supporters among the tycoons of the US-American industry such as Henry Ford, even before it came to power.

Regarding India, whom the US is currently trying to involve in some dubious geopolitical scheme called the Quad (together with Australia and Japan), they are on relatively amicable terms with the governing BJP and Modi. However, the US puts pressure on India for little other reason than to counter China’s growing diplomatic influence in the region; India isn’t as close to them as Britain or as strategically important to them as Eastern Europe or Taiwan, which is why they never really succeeded to contain anti-imperialist currents in India. This is how, despite on the whole implementing certain regressive policies, you also get local communist governments in Kerala or the 2020 general strike of 250 million people.

In general, I do think there is a “right side of history”, but it is much more complicated than to simply say that Iran is on it, India is not, etc. Rather than looking only at the actions of central governments, it is important to consider the people of the Third World and look which movements are trying to improve the humanitarian situation and develop the material conditions.