Everything is all out fault.
Mossaddeq instituted a coup against the Shah which failed. The Shah was the primary leader, not the Prime Minister.
Mossaddeq was dismissed as Prime Minister by the Shah - rather than yield to constitutional order, Mossadeq tried to overthrow the Shah, resulting in the chaos that followed, and the reclaiming of government power to be solely with the Crown. The Iranian Military came to their commander-in-chief’s aide, and the CIA and British intelligence also back them.
Mossaddeq halted the counting of votes to stay in power when it was clear his party was heading for a defeat, and seated only a fraction of the parliamentary seats to maintain power. Calling that “democratically elected” is quite a stretch. He engaged in two coups - against parliament and the system of elections to stay in power, then tried to overthrow the system of government by refusing to leave office when dismissed and tried to overthrow the Head of State.
But the resistance to these events is what history calls “the coup of 1953.”
Mossadeq was a”fierce nationalist” like Fidel Castro was a fierce nationalist. Right up until they seized power. Then they dropped the mask of ‘nationalism’ to reveal the ugly face of communism.
No. The problem is Islam. It has been a curse upon the World for a long long time.
Funny—in 1979 the Shah was overthrown with the assistance of the CIA.
yup. they should have left him take over and turn the country communist/pro Russia.
The elected government nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil company, which controlled most of Iran’s oil production. The British pushed the US to go in on a coup. Truman refused, but Eisenhower agreed. The deal was US oil companies would get a share of the oil business.
Before that, there was a 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, because they thought the Nazis had too much influence over the Iranian government.
In Iran, they're having trouble
Over oil, so we do hear.
Between Britain and Iran,
The Russians interfere.
On the other side,
Korea is a sea of blood today.
Send the voice of free America
And get on your knees and pray.
This is one of the never ending leftist talking points
I’m glad we took him out and I’ll be glad when the Shiites are taken out.
The marxists colluded with the islamists to put in kohimeni
Nationalism, not communism, proved to be the most serious threat to U.S. power in Iran.
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What BS. The commies were in cahoots with the Islamics against the Persian nationalist Shah.
Apparently the leftist worms have eaten the History Channel’s brain.
The History Channel is unreliable - but for being reliably loyal to all progressive narratives.
Lacking from this narrative is the huge role the Soviet Communist played in getting Mosaddeq into power, where he planned to be commie dictator for life. We could have well done without Iranian oil then, as well as now.
Additionally, the US supported Shah of Iran was hated by just about everyone, including us. We don’t have a great track record in that country.
Great that our CIA got rid of Mosaddeq who was going to be a communist stooge for USSR. We were in a Cold War and not about to let USSR expand power this way. These scum had already taken over Eastern Europe.
Those innocents here, who are against such US interventions, should crack open a history book.
The Left will never get over that.
Bull swaddle. This fictionized account has been debunked repeatedly.