Actually the CIA had nothing to do with the installation of Shah Reza Pahlavi. He followed his father Reza Shah Pahlavi to the thron
My mistake. They put his father in power.
“Actually the CIA had nothing to do with the installation of Shah Reza Pahlavi.
Even the CIA says they installed him. They had an elected leader who was overthrown by the CIA and Brits, and the nut electrocuting Shah was installed as an absolute dictator. US CIA and US Army intel helped him set up Savak that was nothing any American should admire.