64 Years Later, CIA Details Long-Hidden Role in Iran Coup

The quiet release of long-awaited and long-hidden CIA documents offers key details on how the U.S. and Britain overthrew Iran's democratic government in 1953, says the National Security Archives' Malcolm Byrne
Visit therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at therealnews.com/donate.

[@sully42682]

Didn't the US government help, participate in the coup of many different governments in many different countries, over the years?

[@waynemierzwa4253]

Joey Sullivan Just look up CIA sponsored coup's since WW2 the list is long!

[@meredithleavitt5815]

Yes

[@TajimaMunenori]

Not over the years but centuries! It started with the indigenous peoples of north America

[@drd6893]

Probably!! Those cia pieces of shit. I’m sure they were involved with the British giving palestine to the Jews to rename Israel they did colonize just like the British do. Took the Palestinians lands to just give to the Jewish as Israeli. I will never support Israel!!

[@drd6893]

@@TajimaMunenori thank you. They sure did take our land. They were still British then! Colonizers!! Talking lands they have no right to

[@zzendawgie]

You guys do the best coverage

[@salimvali6509]

Joie Pecoraro couldn’t agree more

[@alitn588]

the real news is the best on you tube, thanks guys

[@Hafizahmeda]

Money rules, everything else does not matter including human life.

[@lauracortez3904]

great interview ! very interesting and well done!👌

[@newyorkny533]

I wasn't aware that this was any kind of secret. Now we have to go through a period of faux indignation?!

[@dawnsperryallen1405]

I guess we as Americans know what lies ahead for us. Incredible.

[@gregorhast]

You bring up always very interesting stories!

[@Beadbud5000]

Excellent interview!

[@vasilikichaintini722]

A big THANK YOU for talking about it!

[@nji7772]

Thank you so much for your continued efforts to get the truth out. Bless you.

[@wildgoose5964]

its not very well known in the UK either...it took 30 years to find out that the Suez crisis was in fact the Suez coup...

[@InGratiaDei]

This was a good interview putting the coup in its Cold War context and remaining free of the emotionally charged language of simplistic documentaries on the subject. Some of the comments make me wonder if all those who posted actually watched the video.

[@learnedhand7647]

The folly of the strategic aspect of their treatment with Iran, is that it forces them to side and cooperate with Russia. Which is the exact opposite of their intentions.

[@NoWay1969]

This is largely where the current state of the world began. There's a domino effect from our ousting Mosedec to our giving the Shah asylum to our current wars in the Middle East.

[@Jean-yt1lu]

Prior to that the British Empire was destroying the world carving up Africa and sharing it out to other European countries africa has never recovered for US read Howard ziinn history of US

[@NedaMonshi]

It eases the pain a little bit when American aknowledge the interventions that led my country eventually where itbis today. Thank you.

[@88RJA]

Good interview, professional.

[@as2870]

I've been recently denied a student visa to US despite having admission and fellowship from Harvard, only due to having worked in oil industry in Iran.They have been making this region into ruins for oil and support the most extremist regimes,yet they are worried that some graduates might improve the oil industry in Iran .The coup against Mosaddegh was a direct contribution to 1979 revolution and all the destruction afterwards.You might wonder How US treated overthrown Shah.

[@hosseinmoeini1428]

دوست عزیز ، ببخشید کنجکاو شدم آخر رفتید هاروارد؟ یعنی من که رسمی شرکت نفت هستم نمیتونم برم آمریکا برای ادامه تحصیل؟

[@mikeeerman2644]

You may want to also make a clip about what Shah of Iran did in 26 years (1953-1979). He was a dictator and a US puppet and did whatever US wanted. US stole oil from Iran, stole all youth and educated student brains of Iran, stole Iran's resources and most important kept Shah in power by killing and torturing thousands of Iranian people and the Shah's oppositions. Finally after several serious attempts by the people to get rid of the dictator puppet, Shah left for the US with his family. This was in 1979 when Ayatollah Khomeini was brought back to Iran from France by God knows who and by the Air France? After that US helped another dictator in Iraq or Saddam to invade Iran. As a result of 8 years of unjust war over 160,000 Iranians were killed and many injured. Today many pro Shah and US Iranians live in US and many in California and the Shah's Son with his family live in Washington DC. US still supports Shah's son and is hoping to make him the new dictator of Iran! US is now supporting many Iranians who are against the current regime and their media in the US and in Europe. Voice of America and BBC in Farsi are good example of such media. They are opposing the Islamic Republic of Iran. With all those terrible things that the US and the UK has done to Iranian nation until now, still not even a single American has been killed by the Iranian people! Now US is trying to start a war between Iran and Saudi Barbarians or IsraHell or God knows who. Iran is asking for the Palestinian lands back. Iran is now Islamic nation and is willing to fight for Islam and Muslims anywhere. Iran can no longer trust the US and its allies and is no longer really a free democratic nation. A Mullah clergy type leadership is in charge of Iran and Iran will be the next victim of wars in the history of wars created by the US and its allies like NATO and EU etc. and the next war will be either with the West or with the regional enemies backed by the US and the IsraHell. As an American we should not be proud of what our government and the CIA has done to the innocent Iranian people. History will reveal the truth and every nation is recording their history. The relations between the US and Iran is doomed forever! This is not what we want for our country. Unfortunately from JFK to 911 and from what we know know, US is now supporting the terrorists like ISIS and DAESH and others. Our best friends are the worst nations on earth like Saudi Barbarians and IsraHell. We are losing respect among nations day after day and Trump has made the whole situation even worst by arming the dictators of Saudi Barbaria and the ISIS and DAESH terrorists in the Middle east. I am not proud of it at all!

[@berouzgiavadi9264]

Mikee Erman Sha means king do the way ur using it doesn't make sense

[@growthandunderstanding]

After the US and other countries overthrew Mossadegh in Operation Ajax, in 1953, they made the Shah sign an oil contract called the Iranian Oil Consortium which was a 25 year contract that guaranteed that Shah must sell Iran's oil to the western meddlers for far lower than market rates, with an automatic 15 year extension. In 1972, Shah told those western powers that he would not continue the oil consortium for the fifteen years as previously agreed to. So, in 1979, when the first 25 years of the agreement ended, the US organized the Islamic Revolution which had nothing to do with Islam, and everything to do with making the Shah pay for refusing to continue with the Consortium. The only problem is that the whole nation of Iran paid, in addition to millions of its people.

[@flapjacksina]

@@growthandunderstanding Do you recommend any Books or Articles that support this claim? How is it that the US UK or any other Western power used its intelligence operations to overthrow the Shah and organise the Islamic Revolution?

[@growthandunderstanding]

@@flapjacksina It's not a claim, it is basic recent history for any minimally educated person. But for you, who seems challenged using the internet, just type, or cut and paste the following (after the colon at the end of this sentence) into google search bar, hit the "enter" key on your computer, and you will find reports from every major news organization show up on the screen: U.S. Comes Clean About The Coup In Iran You are welcome.

[@mrashad219]

I'm waiting fore the documents on their involvement in the 79 coup

[@WH-hx8dq]

someone didn't know this already? Oh right: most voters didn't/still don't

[@JoeCanuck74]

One thing about this interview that I dismiss though is the "red scare" idea because that was used for justification and not really based in reality in many cases. In Iran it was used as justification but I believe the same red scare was used to overthrow the democratically elected Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954 and with that one the real threat was nationalizing and United Fruit (with 2 Dulles brothers, one the head of the CIA and the other on the board of United Fruit). I think rather then red scares it comes down to money and corporations - Smedley Butler, one of America's most decorated soldiers got this.

[@dragonfly1929]

THE RED SCARE...ONE MORE HOX,AMERICANS USE..THE WORLD IS GETTING WISE TO THESE LIES..THE 3RD.INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ,IS ABOUT TO BECOME REALITY,AMERICA HAS BECOME THE ONLY NATION TO RESIST IT,IT WILL NOT HOLD FOR LONG..AMERICA IS PLANED,ON OIL CONSUMPTION,AND IT WILL LOSE AT THE END.

[@ThePayola123]

I was a mere glint in my father's eye 64 years ago. I was spawned only a few years later.

[@paulmcquay313]

I am ignorant to my own country's history. Thanks for teaching me something. Our government has been working for the corporations before the 50s . Can you inform me when the USA started working for corporations, putting big business interest before the people?

[@darrak4851]

Interestingly, they never talk about the major reason they oertjrew the democratic government of Iran, and that is to prevent the spread of democracy and independance in other coutries of the third world; as they did with Sukarno of Indonesia and Lumumba of of Congo among many others!

[@Yourismouter]

here's another interesting twist to the story, I read a book about the Iran coup in the 50s by the UK & US, and even after years of being under house arrest i.e. Mossadegh and the overthrow of the Shah, and I don't know if its still true but Mossadegh in Iran is not widely acknowledged because he's a Secular leader and Iran is now theocratic republic. but I find there's hope Iran in the event climate change doesn't wipe us out before, will be a democratic secular country, as they want to engage with the West but US-UK imperialist and other douchebags and a violent Anti-Shia attitude in the Arab world led by Saudi Arabia as well as Israel wants to see Iran crushed and under their thumb.

[@goodwomengoodman2868]

Additionally, they talk about Coup d'etat. Which means over throw. When an army officer removes the president or the leader or the king of the country by military force it is a coup d'etat. But when the president or the constitutional monarchy dismisses one of his staff and replaces him with somebody else, it is not an over throw. When president Trump fired director Comey, it was not an over throw. In the British constitutional monarchy, the Queen does not have the constitutional power to appoint the British prime minister. But in the Iranian Constitution of 64 years ago, the constitution of Iran which was democratically voted by the people of Iran, happened to give that power to the King.

[@mzambo666]

Same in Latin America and many other places in the world....

[@donnrutherford7059]

Brits dont like paying for stuff Most countries have felt the effects of that And the yanks dont either

[@wsegen]

how can we get a copy , or stream, Coup 53 ?????

[@tarangita]

PlEASE PEACE...

[@noreenhappel8024]

British Petroleum!!!

[@arashghafari7393]

Mosadeq was appointed and removed by the Shah of Iran like many other Iranian Prime ministers at before and after him. He was not democratic. He himself was a Qajar prince who owned lot's of lands in Iran. His family were feudalists and he was the one who closed the Iranian Parliament and the Iranian Senate just before his removal. Once he did that his own friend started opposing him as he was on the path of becoming a dictator. According to the Iranian constitution which was very much inspired by the french laws, the King has the right to appoint and remove the prime ministers as he wishes. If he nationalised the oil, he did it with the support of the Shah. The was not a puppet! So he could not possibly be a democratic person. He was more a Feudal who very much favoured Soviet Union!

[@massoud1325]

Still US do the same ugly things all around the world , I am sorry for common American and people inthe third world.The result of these things bring all kind of problems for every body . Even for those people that made these ugly things , If they did not do this today Iran could be very successful and democratic country

[@ustwoalberts]

Massoud G ~> YES. We could be living in a civilised world, but bloody NATO is a tool of misanthropic megalomaniacs

[@waynemierzwa4253]

Americans have short time memories. The Iranians know the truth and they remember!!

[@kimyoung2748]

I never heard of the coup either. The movie coup 53 is supposed to be a true dipiction of this British coup in Iran.

[@zozodolewin2479]

Mosadeg is hearo fore all iranian

[@UnconsciousQualms]

That soviet shit that he talking about is complete nonsense. There has been good historical work on this that shows that Americans very well knew that Mosadegh had no connection to the Soviets.

[@scottmcley5111]

My my how our chickens have come home to roost now.

[@minashahab5977]

we should not have done this to a nation and its peoples

[@adamkallin5160]

'Murica - Spreading despotism around the world.

[@ceciliacrocker390]

The public gets the winners version... ;)

[@davidx6912]

Chile in 73, which gave us the horrors of the Pinochet regime. Iran in 53, which gave us the horrors of the Shah, and begat the modern theocracy there. The lust for US companies to make $ has shaped our world for the worst. Malcolm Byrne is an intelligent and articulate source of worthwhile information and context. Too bad the host seems to have a 5 year old's understanding of politics.

[@nuclearwint0375]

Malcolm Byrne isn’t even at all related to the CIA, you numbskull. The Shah is a hero, and you’ll forever be a peasant compared to him.

[@babakpakbaz]

Nothing new Buddy!

[@funnyanimals1303]

Ma freedumb, ma bible, ma gun

[@ronpen4293]

WHEN OF IF THE SHIT HITS THE FAN,.....STAND IN THE HOLY PLACE.....

[@veohWulf13]

Oil!

[@markross2124]

Ironically the Shah, hated by the Iranian people, was overthrown and replaced by a regime that was and is much more brutal especially in its treatment of women.

[@marmary5555]

3:49 no he wasn't. Mossadeq was never "elected" as a president. The Shah appointed him. Again, don't try to change the narrative to vilify the Shah.

[@petermikaelian4610]

Malcom Byrne forgot one point, after 1953 coup, an oil consortium was organized by US/UK oil companies, and Americans got the big chunk of the deal giving the Brits much less than what they had before. American oil companies had zero percent of the revenues before 53 and during the BP empire era. So in reality the US easily entered to get profits from Iranian oil with staging the coup . They say just a cheque of $1000.000 drawn by the US ambassador did the job.

[@djuanbenjamin9149]

Look at the crowd for Soleimani.

[@avibakh]

read my book "entering the eagle's nest" on this

[@aliabouyeh8017]

Was different time but still the same doing haven,t change .sick mind.

[@bsure4]

👍👍

[@faridkhavari2121]

All prime ministers in Iran were appointed by the Shah. Therefore, Dr. Mosaddagh could not have been elected democratically! This is the mistake keeps repeating among the experts.

[@hosseinmoeini1428]

I think they were proposed (elected) by the Iran parliament directly and Shah singed.

[@hosseinmoeini1428]

سیستم نخست وزیری به نظرم الان هم اینطوریه در خیلی کشورها.

[@compassion333]

they did the one in Turkey aswell but didn't succeed.

[@bethanyhunt2704]

The US government WAS concerned about profit-making in all of this. Their wish to "keep the Russians out" was ALL about profits and money!! The USSR offered an alternative to capitalism, and so the governments opposed the USSR on behalf of corporate America and Britain. Nothing to do with "freedom" or human rights: look at their support of the Shah - someone at least as bad as the Soviets!

[@camino341]

there was no election for electing a prime minester in Iran ever , the Shah by constitution had the right to install some one as prime minster . The speaker is wrong saying Mosadeg was "elected" there was no system of election in Iran at that time.

[@willbygosh4887]

When we meddle with internal affairs of another country only a paltry few benefitt,benefits, else suffers.

[@aliabouyeh8017]

Thanks no thanks us forign policy still missed up just like in middel east.lots of shame.

[@jeffsamiei]

Who’s the biggest state terror supporter now!?

[@DanC-go9lc]

"Long hidden role" ???? What are you folks like 8 years old. Everyone paying any attention knew in 1954 what happened son.

[@zagrox2368]

Iranians are very good at politic knowledge's and they didn't & won't forgot the history like this story about taking down a democratic prime minister "who has been a great public revolutionary" beside other conspiracies in last 50 years they won't do mistake to sell their proud for cheap or cheats so finally if they did handover energy resources then Iran would became the best friend to top of all headlines.

[@sigmarepublic7144]

Somethings telling me this channel gets plenty of hidden funds from Ayatollahs 🤔😁

[@arabarian]

Every 10 years was the US involved somewhere in the world. Iran 1953, Iraq 1963, Chile 1973, Granada 1983, Somalia 1993, Iraq again 2003. Couldn't find any special target 2013. What is it with the number 3?

[@alphabet-agencieskontoraru1540]

*It happens that **#BP** initially stood for British-Persian [...] - to be precise in Russian - Britano-Persitzkaya NEFTianaya Kompaniya - aka BP Oil Company (in English).* Funny strange, how the PROTOcole [founding paper] is always lost when it comes to the British ... um, 'partnership'. Either the rich partner gets killed or vanishes into the smoke screens & airs. M. Mossadegh has been couped a month later after the great change at Iran's biggest neighbour - the sudden death of Stalin [March, 1953] & the secret murder of Beria [July 1953] in the USSR. Better not to forget that the CIA had led a botched coup against the DDR (the East Germany) in June 1953. Beria was there countering the Atlantic Coup. «It also seems that both coups could have been instrumental to get Beria killed, thus facilitating the lethal removal of the closest Stalin's collaboirator from life...».

[@prettypurple7175]

ARRON MATE////

[@user-go7in7rw7r]

Olha a caixa 703 ali kkkkk

[@samsungsamsung-ee2tg]

نمیدونم چرا ولی دوست داشتم به زبان پارسی بنویسم. دوشمنی با کسی نیست. بعضی ها فقط با تمامو کمال از مهمان نوازی ما سواستفاده کرده اند.منظورم کلا سیاست.

[@jc7192]

درسته....خیلی خوب ممنونم.

[@HypermarketCommodity]

i basicly cant trust same thing that call him self therealnews but it seams legit.... but Pls TRN

[@raminss80]

Shah of Iran is the best , RIP , Love from Iranian people

[@camino341]

Nationalization of oil and more money was not going to improve the Iran , at that time Iran needed to educate its population and compute in international level and in near short term we could own and run the oil industry , without mosadeg "nationalization" . The current religious government is the direct result of Mosadeg mistake in 1952 , Shah turned to Mullahs for support and they grew more powerful and organized than other group to take over the Iran.

[@rostamr4096]

There never was a coup....read the following: 1. Per the Iranian constitution, prime ministers are NOT elected by the PEOPLE. They are Appointed by the King. This is clearly indicated in the constitution of Iran, Called Mashroteh going back to before Pahlavi. 2. Shah had the right, power, and the right by the constitution to remove the Prime minister who had decided to resolve the parliament. 3. Mosadeh tried to run a populist campaign with the Tudeh party's help( a Soviet-backed, trained, and financed). 4. The Soviets ordered the Tudeh party(hell-bent on handing over Iran to the Soviets) to start supporting Mosadegh. 5. The Tudeh party saw Mosadegh as a weak and naive person who could later replace him to take over the country. 6. The Tudeh party had infiltrated the Iranian armed forces set up checkpoints and provided security detail for Mosadegh and his residence. 7. Since Mosadeh was refusing to leave and was backed by the communist-infiltrated army, there was no choice but to force him out. 8. The loyal army to the Shah with the help of people on the streets was able to remove and arrest him. 9. Mosadeh was put on trial and was treated fairly by the judicial system in Iran. 10. Let's assume that foreign countries such as Britain and America helped the Shah, but that is not proven. Assume they did, the Shah was able to bring prosperity, modernity, women's rights, build infrastructure, and improve everyone's life, something that could not have happened if Mosadegh had remained in power or worse, communists led by the Tudeh party had taken the country over and handed over the Soviet.

[@bushman143]

Simply not true. The US and British backed coup in 1953 happened to serve the interests of Anglo-Persian oil. Mosadeq nationalised the oil so the profits would go to the people of Iran, not foreign oil companies, which would have led to more prosperity for Iran if he was not overthrown. This idea he was Soviet backed is US propaganda to justify intervention and regime change. Regime change in Iran, Guatemala, Indonesia, Chile, were to serve the interests of US interests and multinationals, not to prevent soviet backed communism. Though you are correct about Mosadeq not being directly voted in by the Iranian people, this regime change prevented an actual democracy from flourishing not just in Iran but spreading in other Middle Eastern countries, but the US prefers dictatorships so their puppets can control the population to access the oil. Furthermore the dictatorship under the Shah was armed and funded by the US and UK. If he was popular and improved the lives of others he wouldn’t have been overthrown. There were dire human rights using his Savak secret police to torture dissidents, child labour, poor workers rights leading to frequent strikes. He was hated not just by Islamists, but communists, socialists, trade unionists. This hatred led to the 79 revolution and the ayatollah. The CIA admitted the 1953 coup led to this anti-US regime and hence regretted it. This theocratic regime motivated the mujahideen in neighbouring Afghanistan ( despite Shia and Sunni differences) to take up arms who became the Taliban in the 90’s.

[@puti2147]

SHOW ME ONE US VICTORY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF CENTURIES THAT WOULD MAKE THAT NATION WHAT IT CLAIMS TO BE " EXCEPTIONAL & THE GREATEST NATION THAT EVER EXISTED ".

[@mogznwaz]

What this neglects to mention is WHY. The British discovered the oil and built a.d paid for the infrastructure to extract it (because the Iranians couldn't. The British provided this in exchange for preferential supply and profit shares. The Iranian govt got a bit corky a d decided they wanted it all for themselves and nationalised their oil. So the Brits and Americans worked on propaganda to precipitate a coup. Unfortunately the new Shah didn't help much and the Brits ended up in the same position as before. Oil shortages almost brought the country to it's knees. This happened again in the 70s when OPEC formed and started manipulating supply. This taught the US and UK a lesson. Ever since they have understood the importance of keeping the supply of oil from the middle east stable. That includes keeping the Saudis on side. We get oil, the Saudis get military protection. For those who complain that the West does 'bad things for oil you obviously don't understand that our whole civilisation depends on oil. Not just fuel but plastics, food production, medicine all sorts. We don't have much choice. So what this means is that the Saudis effectively have us by the balls. They've used that massive oil wealth (we buy the oil we don't take it) to keep themselves in am opulence most of us can't comprehend, they've bought up massive chunks of our economy, property, stocks and shares and they've been funding the spread of Wahhabism across the world. The end game, the destruction and takeover of the West. They're playing the long game - money, oil, demographics, religion, obfuscation. So when I see stuff like this about oil and coups and how bad we are, I think about the big picture - and I don't feel guilty at all...

[@dastforush]

CIA did the 1953 coup and the 1979 coup/Islamic revolution. CIA killed the Shah of Iran in Egypt, he was a great guy :((

[@najad]

You must having a laugh, Shah was a great guy lol you don't listen apparently, Shah was a puppet

[@MrKenichi22]

The Shah wasn't installed, We gave him more power as he became a partner for US Interests in Iran.

[@hamid.r.salehi]

Totaller Quatsch 👎👎👎👎👎

[@Hawxxy]

Mosadegh was appointed by the Shah, and NO elections ever gave Mosadegh his position. The Shah could lawfully remove Mosadegh from his position as prime minister. The definition of "coup d'etat" is NOT used correctly in this bullshit video. Coup d'etat occurs when the military UNLAWFULLY takes charge of the country, which NEVER happened in Iran 1953. The Shah WAS in power at that time AND was the head of army as well, which means he had full control as the head of state and a so called "coup d'etat" by him or the US would have been totally un-necessary and absurd in order to remove Mosadegh. Those ppl on the streets of Tehran chanting against Mosadegh, did so in order to show the King that he had the support of the ppl to remove Mosadegh as Prime minister, since Mosadegh had UNLAWFULLY dissolved the parliament and had went in alliance with the illegal Marxist (Tudeh) party, and therefore were removed from his post as PM by the head of the state, i.e. the Shah. There are also detailed archived documented correspondents between US embassy in Tehran and Washington available which totally frees any US involvement in this matter...

[@Hawxxy]

@Steven Moore Why did Obama give away 150 billion dollars to the mullah regime and 1.8 billion of them in cash? It is called appeasement policy. Link to the documents that you're talking about is appreciated, so that we can go ahead with the lawsuit. Last time we tried to gain these type of documents that you are referring to, the US officials said that those documents have been destroyed in a fire!!? Perhaps they are afraid of the lawsuit or perhaps they can not forge the documents good enough for a court case.