Since Israel launched a coordinated attack on Iran, the calls for a change of government have increased, increasing the likelihood that US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will target Tehran’s all-capable leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iranians have first-hand experience with the United States implementing their own government change.
This is what happened:
Oilfield: In 1953, the United States helped stage a coup to overthrow Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosadegu.
He had promised to nationalize the country’s oil fields. This is a move the US and the UK viewed as a serious blow given their dependence on oil from the Middle East.
The height of the Cold War: The nationalisation move was popular in Iran and was considered a victory for the OSSR at the time.
Enhance Sharru: The goal of the coup was to support Iranian monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and appointed a new prime minister, General Fazlora Zahedi.
coup d’etat: Before the coup, the CIA, along with British secret information services, helped to promote anti-mosadeg enthusiasm using propaganda. In 1953, the CIA and SIS helped to bring together the Prosha army and quickly organized a massive protest against the Mosadegu, with the military joining in.
Our Cash: To Zaheady, who has stability for the country’s new prime minister, Zaheady, the CIA has secretly made $5,000,000 available within two days of him taking power, the documents showed.
US Acknowledgements: In 2013, a declassified CIA document was published, confirming the agency’s involvement for the first time. However, the role of the United States was known. Former President Barack Obama confirmed his involvement in the 2009 coup.
It backfired: After defeating Mossadegh, the US strengthened its support for Pahlavi to rule as Shah. Iranians responded to foreign interference and promoted the country’s anti-American sentiment for decades.
Islamic Revolution: Shah became a close ally of America. However, in the late 1970s, millions of Iranians took him to the streets against his regime. Secular protesters opposed his authoritarianism, while Islamist protesters opposed his modernization agenda.
The Shah collapsed in the Islamic Revolution in 1979, which ended the country’s Western-supported monarchy and led to the beginning of the Islamic Republic and administrative rule.
