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"Iranians from that era will tell you that he wrested control of the nation's oil assets from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) -- a construct of post-WW2 British colonialism. In either case, there was absolutely no reason for the U.S. government to basically help serve as the guarantor of British Petroleum's investments in the Middle East."

Have these Iranians also mentioned the other reason(s) why the CIA was ordered to intervene ?

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Here is a link if anyone is interested to learn more about Mossaddegh and the CIA coup in Iran during Eisenhower Administration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Mossadegh