How the US Turned Iran Into a Dictatorship (Documentary)

[@realtimehistory]

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[@anguscovoflyer95]

The Iranian PM was not a communist at all but because of the nationalism of its oil, the western powers portrayed him as a communist and planning to ally fully with the Soviet Union.

[@Josh93B93]

He was also planning and orchestrated an illegal invasion of Cuba while he was in office, Authorized the CIA to overthrow Guatemalas elected government and lent full support to the military junta of Castillo Armas that sparked a civil war that led to the deaths of over 200,000 innocent mayans, along with the socioeconomic collapse in the region that to this day hasnt recovered, which is one of the biggest reasons for the migration crisises going on today.

[@anguscovoflyer95]

@@Josh93B93 all because of communist paranoia!!!

[@nvelsen1975]

@@Josh93B93 Where did you get that nonsense from? The Guatemalan Civil War came about when communist sympathisers in the military started a coup, failed, then began fighting a dirty war where they enlisted as many landless and poor as they could use as cannon fodder. Your death numbers are also a lie. The entire war is estimated to have killed 140-200K people, so the claim of over 200K Mayan background Guatemalans is nonsensical. And if you look at which murderous groups backed the unrest, you can pretty much see what destroyed Middle America: Socialism did. With the agressive colonialist Cuban regime stepping in, as well as Salvadorean terrorists and Nicaragua before they elected a non-left government. They've never been able to leave well enough alone, from the FARC in Colombia to the Zapatistas in Mexico.

[@mobinmotaharifar]

He was by no means communist, but he was completely surrounded by communists. Had the Shah failed, they would have been able to easily replace Mosadegh government with a communist one.

[@gaarakabuto1]

Nope none ever thought nor portrayed him as a communist, as the video explains and as most historic records we have the issue started by the vulnerable position he was during a turmoil and the fact that a lot of his followers were pro USSR. Also USSR was a lot more active in his party than the video suggests and this is more complex than just throwing the west into the mix. Iran was a front that was attacked internally from every front.

[@TrickiVicBB71]

CIA doing CIA things

[@Flyinghigh888]

These crimes were ignored while in the news everyday calling Iranians were terrorists. Who are the terrorists actually with regard of looking this piece of history?

[@matthewmayton1845]

I remember reading a book back in 2008 called, "All the Shah's Men," or something like that. I think the argument was Britain and especially BP manipulated the U.S. in to overthrowing Mosaddegh by indicating he was a communist since he wanted to nationalizs the oil industry and not have businesses like BP control the oil fields. Its been years since I read that book so I may be off on the arguememt.

[@m_bat-f9l]

Yes "All the Shah's Men", book written by Stephen Kinzer, a great book and a great author !

[@rodniegsm1575]

It was BP and shell. They wanted tge oil

[@InalienableLiberty]

This is the main reason Eisenhower is the most overrated president… his role in this coup had severe consequences that are still felt to this day.

[@balabanasireti]

Nah, he's still a great president

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

​@@balabanasireti Yeah, yeah alright mate. Whatever you say.

[@MalikF15]

He should be criticized for it surely. But overrated is bit too much.

[@MrBumbo90]

No man is perfect but Eisenhower was a great president. His role in the "Little Rock Nine" events was true leadership.

[@MalikF15]

@@MrBumbo90 facts

[@mobinkarami]

The information, pronunciation, research, and even the photos are simply amazing. Thank you RTH for making a video about an important yet often overlooked part of contemporary history.

[@mayer14474]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mayer14474]

😂😂😂

[@micahistory]

Another example of the US' often short-sighted foreign policy approach!

[@vodkaboy]

it's actually the other way around lol

[@dubbyx8490]

As long as a government is friendly with US interest, the ruling regime is touted as legitimate and righteous - even if said government does not represent the will of the people. People in the modern day are still yet to learn this lesson.

[@scottkrater2131]

Same thing can be said of the Russian Federation and former Soviet Union.

[@KingJeffKiller]

No, the old government was the right one. Then those Terrorist stole iran and their people .

[@MrCristianposso]

​@@scottkrater2131Indeed, the difference is (from my perspective) that one side claims moral superiority. In fact I would go as far as to say they delude themselves into believing their own lies.

[@scottkrater2131]

@MrCristianposso The current government in the Kremlin is no better than the nahtzis. Kyiv is most definitely in the right. Established by the UN that said no nation should invade another. The Kremlin violated it's own promises to respect their sovereignty after Kyiv gave up their nuclear weapons.

[@mayer14474]

You are so misinformed

[@Napoleon1815-l8c]

I recently read a book about Iran called “Shadow War.” In it, the author wrote about how the Iranians played a much greater role in the coup than was originally thought.

[@eifelitorn]

the author?

[@Napoleon1815-l8c]

@@eifelitorn Brandon Weichert

[@eifelitorn]

@@Napoleon1815-l8c oh lmao okay

[@turinturambar6492]

Read all the shahs men and Iran between two revolutions shadow war has a very pro-American view on certain issues

[@mobinmotaharifar]

​@@turinturambar6492 Abrahamian has some pro islamic republic views as well.

[@versiable8041]

Great Video! Will there be a future video about how Kurdistan almost became a country/why Kurdistan didn't become a country after WW1? It's a huge part of modern Middle Eastern history.

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

Something to do with 🇹🇷 🦃 and how the colonial lines were drawn cutting Kurdistan into several pieces , I believe.

[@metternich_999]

@@Black-Sun_Kaiser They've never had a country. If it ever became a reality, it would become a failed state in no time.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@metternich_999 Which add to another mess of the Middle East. Which we lead to another Balkan problem.

[@Ghjkoplokkp]

Kurds dont even have ancient buildings let alone they could have run a state with all the inbreeding and 5 languages they speak. kurds are persianised mountain Turks

[@robogamer2023]

​@@Ghjkoplokkpactually turks are turkified city Kurds

[@ggtt2547]

So, what happened to all the military units loyal to Mohammad Mosaddegh, that easily prevented the first coup attempt? Never explained!

[@mayer14474]

There are many inaccuracies in the video. It doesn't even mention how Mossadegh became the PM in the first place. Long story short, Islamist extremists had to assassinate the previous PM to open the door for Mossadegh to become the PM. Prior to this assassination, the House Majority were against nationalization of the oil company because it would have not served Iran's interest as it was guaranteed to fail as Iran had neither the technology nor the capital to run the company independently, let alone British opposition and further blockades. However, hardliners aren't satisfied by reason, so they had to end PM Razmara's life to pave the way for Mossadegh and the nationalization of the oil company. After the assassination of the actually democratically elected PM Razmara, the vast majority of the MPs were scared to death so they didn't object to the nationalization. So now tell me whether Mossadegh was democratically elected or not! There are so many issues with this inaccurate presentation that paints a false picture of reality.

[@swarmed4349]

this video is extremely in accurate, plot twist every video painting shahist iran is. If you ask any iranian that lived during the 50s, there was no “operation ajax”, there were cia records during the “day of the coup” recording that the people overthrew mossadeq including several photos of the army on tanks with photos of the shah overthrowing him. Mossadeq was appointed by the Shah, then he was dismissed by the Shah, his refusal to be dismissed was what led him to being overthrown, there were no military units loyal to him, the one thing you need to understand about iran in that time period was that: Military - loyal to the state, Immortal guard (Think of national guard, republican guard) was only loyal to the shah

[@ellaw356]

There is so much incomplete information...where to begin..

[@SamPashmi]

We Iranians want our constitutional monarchy back!

[@mr.x817]

Haha who is we? Lol 😂

[@mrjojo166]

i dont want it.Go to shah's house and get it

[@extrahistory8956]

Talk about interesting timing.

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

Nothing coincidental about it is there? PFF!

[@extrahistory8956]

@@frenzalrhomb6919 I mean, there is, because RTH tends to make videos with pretty decent quality and a lot of relatively obscure footage, so I don' think it was done to cash in the fact that Iran is a current talking point.

[@bigbubble4282]

There's always some problem going on in the Middle East.

[@Nolaqueenari]

Okay imma be the one to say it , I thought that was Eugene levy on the thumbnail when I was scrolling down my feed 😂😂

[@HOTSHTMAN53]

Watching this episode, i question which side of history are we on. Seems to me that we may be the bad guys

[@imbored6440]

Opens US history book once.

[@NICHOLAS-h1p]

Well, yeah. Everyone seems to know this except for us. It’s not your fault. The education system is state-sponsored.

[@imbored6440]

@@NICHOLAS-h1p I remember reading a history book in the 7th grade talking about how America brought democracy, peace, and prosperity to Iraq after the 03 invasion. This was after I had read articles the day before about how many civilians had died in Iraq due to American negligence. One of those eye opening moments of my youth. Though to be fair my 7th grade history teacher was a creationist who told us all, in a public secular school btw, that the Earth was 6,000 years old and that Dinosaurs weren't real so I already didn't take the class seriously.

[@mha7488]

Yes, you are.

[@arashjafari3283]

nah these are lies,mosaddeq was appointed by the shah and wasnt democratically elected.in fact he assassinated the previous PM and dissolved the parliment.

[@SponsorShort]

As an Iranian I tell you Iran has never been a democracy for the US to turn it into a dictatorship. Nowhere in meadle east you can find a 100% democracy, even in Israel or Turkey. That region is too unstable to holdup a true democracy. The Shah was a mild authocrat and developed the country to a degree never been seen since the catastrophic introduction of Islam. Right now the Shah is virtually considered a martyr of a national suicide in 1979. I gave a thumb down.

[@PaulBaumer417]

What is the opinion of the Iranian people regarding the Shah? Is he still remembered? and if so, what do they think of him?

[@SponsorShort]

@@PaulBaumer417 He's super popular and most of new generations think the so-called revolution of 1979 has been a disaster or even a national suicide. To a degree that I doubt any supporter of the islamic regime escapes street lynching. People esteem them as traitors and Putin puppets.

[@arashjafari3283]

@@PaulBaumer417 we Irani love the shah and await his son crown prince Reza Pahlavi the seconds return,this video was full of lies, mosaddeq was the DICTATOR! he dissolved the parilment and tried to overthrow the shah with the help of the communists.he wasnt democratically elected either,he was appointed by the shah to nationalize the oil.

[@mhdizre9880]

​@@PaulBaumer417opinions are mixed but generally people (not government supporter fanatics) love him and respect him and his father. His son is not as popular as himself but has popularity nonetheless. 47 years of Islamic rule and oppression of national identity has evoked nationalism especially among the youth.

[@micahistory]

It was definitely done for oil but also to maintain western control, which ironically backfired and created the situation we face today!

[@maynardburger]

I dont know know that it 'caused' the situation we have today. The push to oust foreign influence was already well underway. It was bound to happen at some point, and we have no idea what power changes Iran would have seen in the twenty five years all on their own, given the state of chaos they were already in. It's not like we went in and disrupted some completely successful, stable country.

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

​@@maynardburgerI like that. You should be a politician.

[@johnconnor4953]

Is it me or almost all major conflict had something to do with the British Empire at some point?

[@proudsussexer]

No. You're wrong. No grow up Paddy boy

[@Lana-xd7ey]

Not wrong

[@randomperson84]

Yes

[@faenethlorhalien]

Would not be the first time that America intervenes in a country for oil.

[@ericjayfederizo3549]

Bring back the Lion logo on iran flag.

A group overplaying its part in a sucess to get more money? I am shocked :)

[@TheVicenteSilva]

Mandatory watch for anyone following geopolitics today!

[@mayer14474]

5th grader logic

[@ncheedxx0109]

Who said Special Military Operations started with Putin?

[@Paulfromwish]

I love how practically all problems leading to conflict today are almost always because of the British 100 years ago and not the US 50 years ago like people would believe

[@GeistInTheMachine]

The US just pours oil & gasoline on old British fires.

[@Blood_n_Donuts]

yep!

[@evanb4189]

Saying that just shows your ignorance of anything outside the Western World.

[@Paulfromwish]

@@evanb4189 go on and even attempt at explaining why. I doubt you could literally name one conflict from the 50s onwards including Vietnam and any in the Middle East or Africa for that matter That the US was involved in that wasn’t caused by the British or French Afghanistan started literally because the British disposed their king for supporting the axis Iraq and Iran, literally British oil mandates Vietnam, literally caused by the French, failed to fix by the British and left for the Americans to sort out Every civil war in Africa was started by the removal of French and British colonial security of their diamond and gold mines and left for the Americans to fix due to UN inaction How I missed any? Anything you wanted to add?

[@WeTube-mf1it]

​@@Paulfromwish All of Latin America

[@milmex317th]

The brits reason we Can't have nice things. Look at the mess in Palestine.

[@anubisRN555]

Or Kurdistan till now they can't have a country because Britain and France agreement after ww1

[@metternich_999]

@@anubisRN555 Why would they have a country? They've never had one.

[@anubisRN555]

@@metternich_999 actually if you read history of middle east they have counties and sultans like the most famous salah eldin

[@metternich_999]

@@anubisRN555 Nope, I do read history. Ayyubids were barely Kurdish. The leader was Kurd, the people was Arabic and ruling class was Turkish. "The Arab nation rose in glory with the power of the Turks. The cause of the Crusaders was shattered by the son of Ayyub." This poem written by Ibn Senaulmulk after the capture of Aleppo by Saladin

[@KabobTheGreat]

That pronunciation of Khoda hafez, though 🤌

[@markphelt6395]

Don’t forget about the circus strongmen. Or strongman? I always had visions of the Iron Sheik whenever I heard tales of Operation Ajax’s casts of characters.

[@sevsev4078]

All this tragedy created by imperial-colonial (i.e. authoritarian) greed and ambitions, as well as deeply rooted anxiety and paranoia. Even more ironic and tragic considering how a supposed democracy, i.e., the US, utilises the methods of the very same monstrosities which it supposedly opposes. How are we to achieve our ideals and wishes if our 'best' systems to prevent tragedy intentionally or inadvertantly cause the own failure and demise of the system and its fundamental ideals? It is my belief that just as the world has never seen actual "communism" (as every such nation was hijacked by authoritarians before it could achieve its promises), the world has neither seen actual proper democracies; every society thus far has never been successful at preventing the concentration of power by a smaller number of society, which inevitably hold larger shares of power, and thusly, to secure and gain that power, resort to violence and/or exploitation. I truly cannot envision an equal and therefore peaceful world, as getting rid of violence and exploitation seems almost impossible if we consider that the very system we live in and its structures are based on the existance and continuation of violence and exploitation, even more so consequential that the rich "ex-imperial-colonial" powers still hold onto so much power and refuse to share or atone for the past, while the rest of the world itself is engulfed in deeply seated and progressing authoritarianism which has to face the ever increasing and unequally distributed challenges of climate catastrophe. I think the test of our time in the West is to stand against the authoritarianism that leads to the entrenchement of all these problems, but even that won't suffice, unless we also begin to understand and manage to find ways to change the very structures that cause all this tragedy. It's a colossal task. I wish for hope and optimism, but I can't help but feel deeply pessimistic and sceptical about our shared future.

[@shanebrown2009]

Only an ignoramus would think the world hasn't seen real communism.

[@matthewsecord7641]

Lmfao. We need independence and wealth. I know. Let's do religion! Wise. So very, very wise. I wonder how independent the average Iranian feels.

[@CT-gm7mm]

An interesting take on Iran

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@joiedevie3901]

Jesse, you are the BEST!!!

[@kungfuchimp5788]

Another fine installment.

[@andrewosborn1451]

You really downplayed the involvement of the USSR in these events.

[@SamPashmi]

Why didn’t you cover how the current Iranian dictatorship rose to power

[@sirseegull]

where has american foreign policy with a credible nation not failed?

[@maverick7291]

Nice signing off in farsi.

[@arashjafari3283]

this is wrong on so many levels british didnt support pahlavi to power, but the opposition of pahlavi. Mosaddeq was not democratically elected but appointed by the shah himself,in fact shah appointed him do nationalize the oil,. the reason he deposed him was because he became friends with Tudeh party, a communist party funded by the soviet. he also destroyed the economy by not paying the compensation of oil nationalization and sanctions that followed because of that. He also dissolved the parliment and many of his former allies turned against the dictator mosaddeq had became. So instead of spreading misinformation and communist propaganda tell the truth,it is disgusting that a foreigner like you with zero knowledge is spreading such lies.

[@JudgeHoldenUwU]

Nope this video is accurate. Unfortunately many of my fellow iranians have been brainwashed by our regime with lies.

[@FreePalestine07462]

So technically USA created this current regime

[@Lana-xd7ey]

Yep that includes Saddam, Qaddafi, polpot, the kim family and many dictator

[@andrewosborn1451]

​@@Lana-xd7ey😂 you're funny

[@andrewosborn1451]

No

[@Lana-xd7ey]

You guys can't take the truth Polpot was raised to oppose communists in South East Asia And again who won the war against Japan?

[@FreePalestine07462]

@@Lana-xd7ey why are you mentioning Japan?

[@orangemanbad]

It’s crazy how powerful and loved iran was under the shah and now hated by all.

[@bigsarge2085]

Fascinating and tragic.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an extremely informative, incridable, and wonderful historical coverage episode about[ Eijack coup-1953 ] operation , which rescued iran Mohammed Rezh Shah throne from fall down. RTH always introduces incridable historical coverage episodes....thank you Sir 🙏 for sharing this magnificent video.

[@mayer14474]

😂😂

[@AdamS.Minturab]

It's all about who's robbing who ! The citizens are getting this "🖕🏽" 😂 😂😂

[@XandateOfHeaven]

Turned into a dictatorship is inaccurate given Iran was never really a democracy before this. The Palavhi Dynasty having been installed by the British only a short while before.

[@farhadris]

Is this channel called Real Time History, or One-Sided Propaganda Machine? Where are you getting your facts from- the Islamic Republic or Mossadegh supporters among Iran’s far-left? This video is incredibly biased, omitting key facts to fit a specific narrative. Most of the quotes come from books authored by well-known sympathisers or agents of Iran’s current regime. 0:45 Reza Shah initiated the nationalisation of Iran’s resources, and his son, Mohammad Reza Shah, continued these efforts. They achieved this without sanctions or war with other countries. This included all mines, which were worth far more than all of Iran’s oil industries prior to oil nationalisation. 1:31 The Shah confiscated lands? Are you referring to the White Revolution’s land reforms, which abolished feudalism and redistributed lands-mostly granted to feudal lords by the Qajar dynasty-among actual farmers? 2:45 “Wished to empower parliament at the expense of the Shah”? Mossadegh dissolved parliament through an illegal and unfair referendum, where only two ballot boxes were placed in the capital for all Iranians. One was for dissolving parliament, and the other, against dissolution, was located in a martial law zone, making it impossible for anyone to vote against it. 11:42 “The Shah’s dismissal was illegal because parliament hadn’t approved it”? According to Iran’s constitutional tradition and precedents, which Mossadegh was fully aware of and had previously invoked to request the dismissal of other prime ministers, the Shah’s action was completely legal and within the norm.

[@arashjafari3283]

its a commie propaganda machine sadly

[@gordonfiala2336]

the most unruly example of capitalism . the definition of communism is to have no oligarchy. and capitalists defame communism by calling capitalist issues "communism".

[@henryowens989]

16:05

[@andrewbarna2002]

Meanwhile the ayatollahs have ran it into the ground.

[@FloridanJays]

Real. 6:36

[@svennielsen633]

Mossadegh was a totalitarian dictator no different from dictators in Africa at the same time. His policy was the same. The difference was, that he never ran the state bankrupt (as most African states and later Venezuela).

[@arashjafari3283]

in fact he did,he destroyed the economy and dissolved the parliment.this channel is a commie propaganda machine

[@rawiri8]

Pahlavi had always been a coward. I'm glad the monarchy was abolished, though I'd prefer another kind of republic for the Iranian people.

[@Josh93B93]

I'd prefer a soviet socialist republic, but I'd settle for a democratic peoples republic.

[@bobafett_8922]

Iran should've been a military socialist republic with an intense anti soviet and slavic characteristic

[@Yangking-z9d]

That don't end up well either​@@Josh93B93

[@henrycarpender8628]

what fortuitous timing on this video

[@geediosman6415]

The monarchists arent gonna like this one

[@BaneofBots]

Ah, yes, Americans fighting the bears of their today while making the demons of their tomorrow in the process. Classic freedom logic.

[@jason8077]

And when Shah was thrown out “again” they sent Hussein of Iraq😂 and then they invaded iraq 😂😂😂 I am sorry but cant help myself from laughing at this distorted series of failed foreign policy

[@testchannelseven]

Why don’t you look up the reason that Persia changed its name to Iran? Hint: Iran means Aryan in Persian and it was Hitler that reminded the Persians of that. This is just myopic anti-western drivel that leaves out so much information.

[@jbatts834]

They always called the region Iran and themselves Aryan for thousands of years, it was the ancient Greeks who called the Persians, which derived from the capital city called persepolis, and that is where later Europeans got the name from, even though the Roman’s called it Parthia as the parthians ruled over at the time.

[@JM-mg4el]

Ah look, yet another new title and thumbnail

[@aaronsiyan2193]

Please look into making a video of Iran Iraq war which was super unfair right after Irans revolution and all the world helped Iraq with money and brand new tech military equipment where as Iran was under total sanctions from day one and fought with empty hands and at the end considering the support of the world Iran kind of made it even with Iraq .

[@BlackPawnMartyr]

And for years the CIA has been in Ukraine doing CIA things.

[@RoboticDragon]

Somebody had named their kid Kermit? Wild.

[@danielrobey1759]

None other than Teddy Roosevelt!!

[@RoboticDragon]

@@danielrobey1759 What the what?

[@ironknightgaming5706]

I am noticing a pattern...

[@nvelsen1975]

Just a few years earlier the US backstabbed their Dutch allies and argued the islamist 'Bersiap' group (that mostly busied itself with brutal ethnic cleansing) should declare an independant Indonesia. The Bersiaps had promised to control the communists and would indeed murder tens of thousands of people, supposedly for communist sympathies, but in reality the Muslims were purging the non-Muslim Chinese population. And of course as the US reasoned, there shouldn't be colonies any longer. So the very first thing jihadi Indonesia did after coming into existance, was declare war on, conquer and colonise several other countries such as the Moluccan Republic. Of course jihadi racists would turn out to be famously reliable allies for the US and never ever do anything against the US at all....

[@bobafett_8922]

Which is?

[@ibrahimab6896]

🇵🇸🇱🇧🇵🇸🇱🇧🇵🇸🇱🇧🇵🇸🇱🇧🇵🇸☦️🙏🏼🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻

[@LuciusQuinctiusCincinnatus-753]

Who spent decades and resources many more times the GDP of "Iran" at the time (or Persia, or whatever name it had then) to develop the oilfields that the mostly Arab residents of Abadan/Khuzestan were burning for camp fires? By what right did they have to seize the refineries and oilfields which they themselves pathetically did not know how to operate driving production down from 250M Barrels to 10M? Hmmm . . . I wonder if history had resolved differently and a 20th century "Cyrus the Great" conquered Britain and developed an oil industry in the North Sea, that was then seized by the Britons, would the "nationalists" in Iran complain about colonialism? It's pretty ironic that one of the original and largest "colonialist" empires in history (Persian Empire, pick one, there were a few!) should complain about exploitation and conquest!!! By the way, did you know that Mossadegh's mother was a Qajari (the "royal" line before the Reza Pahlavi) princess?!?!?! Want to learn REAL details about Mossadegh? Read "Patriot of Persia" by Christopher de Bellaigue.

[@yeedbottomtext7563]

Supremely based timing on this

[@scott234ca]

Cheaper oils are western priorities

[@mayer14474]

3rd grader logic

[@CappyRev]

It's always about oil

[@joed9849]

He kinda looks like Phil Leotardo

[@mayer14474]

Very inaccurate and misleading presentation! There are so many lies and hiding of facts i don't know which one to cover. 😅

[@pilgrims6581]

@@mayer14474 More like you don't know anything about it, but try to act like you do, given how most people trusted "Sources" from FOX news CNN and Telegraph , I don't think you have the rights to judge, who is wrong and who is right

[@MindKnightSage]

@@pilgrims6581 Ofc they have and I'm an Iranian and must tell you "How the US turned Iran into a dictatorship" is absolutely misleading and almost total BS.

[@UnknownSoldier243-w3x]

@@pilgrims6581neither do you as we weren’t born then. To act like what happened in the past has happened to us now is a bit insane but humanity has gotten more stupid over the years that they forget that the government is always the fault but of course just wholly blame the country. Just shows we cannot progress and learn from past mistakes but cling on like fools. It’s no wonder humanity is an evolutionary dead end when man made bullshit remains prevalent like some sort of holy grail to keep around.

[@jvarela965]

For an objective and scholarly look at the SHAH and his times, read two books by Professor Abbas Milani. He wrote the most updated biography on " The Shah " and another book called " The Myth of the Great Satan " which goes into the events that happened in the early 1950s.

[@kidmohair8151]

thank you for taking this on. the sequence of events in Iran have always been sort of swept under the carpet to suit the cold war dogma of later US and UK administrations. ps: roasted chestnuts are over-rated, british or otherwise.

[@milionST]

As a roasted chesnut, I disagree with you.

[@kidmohair8151]

@@milionST did you pull yourself out of the proverbial fire, or did the....someone else?

[@Cam12369]

Hmmm for oil…. Right…. Sounds familiar…

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

This was largely about oil. These are where the invading for oil comments are born from. Iraq wasn't about oil. It was about supporting Israel.

[@Cam12369]

@@Black-Sun_Kaiser sure, I just have a personal belief that all engagements in the Middle East were for Israel in some sense

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

@@Cam12369 I agree:)

[@FlyingDoctorC]

Fun fact if it was not for the Shah of Iran, there would be no F14 tomcat , no top gun movie, no G-wagon today. He funded part of the initial production for both. USA was planning to scrap plans for building f14.

[@TicklePickleLover]

Yes,.....blame the west

[@nicbahtin4774]

What do you mean "turned it" was it a thriving democracy before ? The only thing they did was strengthen the Shahs hand.

[@toothlessseer3153]

"Why the CIA topples Iran's Government in 1953?" _For God's sake, please correct your grammar!_ 🙏

[@SteelyBud]

Why is wrong with grammar no??

[@toothlessseer3153]

@@SteelyBud 😆

[@canadaclub8920]

Iran was trying to nationalize foreign owned assets.

[@AdarshKumar-lh3wo]

The oil and the infrastructure needed to extract it of a country should have more stake by that country's government rather than fanky British companies

[@heycidskyja4668]

@@AdarshKumar-lh3wo Without those British companies there would be no infrastructure to seize my dude.

[@merlinwizard1000]

20th, 4 October 2024

[@WestfaliaStuff]

And they're still struggling.

[@TheBishop12]

15:55 and that’s the story of BP

[@proudsussexer]

Nope

[@lovechineseforever9434]

OIL

[@Josh93B93]

The CIA has toppled alot of governments for different reasons, most recently Ukraine and Haiti.

[@maynardburger]

Social media is really just like 40% Russian bots/bad actors these days isn't it?

[@MBBurchette]

We first saved them from becoming a Soviet Republic. You’re welcome.

[@Eastern_Egale]

No

[@shanebrown2009]

​@@Eastern_Egaleyes

[@Eastern_Egale]

@@shanebrown2009 In your Dream

[@arashjafari3283]

Thank you, this page is spreading lies and tries to depict Mosaddeq who was appointed by the shah a democrat but he dissolved the parliment

[@KanuniSuleyman4857]

Thanks they became an Islamic nation afterwards ❤️😘

[@pyeitme508]

ok

[@estebancastellino3284]

👍

[@davidjackson2690]

The U.S. didn't. The Shah did. And we didn't steal any oil.

[@jam1087]

Who else was going to drill the well or help with refining, processing and shipping. Not a Middle Eastern nation

[@seansimms6693]

So let it sit there until they figure it out🤣

[@Mapmap58]

At least Mr. Allah and his friend Jibril have sent their Jinns to go fix 72 demons for him. Mr. Allah has gotten busy lately fixing demons for them. Since Mr. Allah can not help them on earth, he is fixing demons for them at least. The workload is heavy in Islamic heaven. He is drinking a lot of wine in Islamic Heaven surrounded by fountains and cats. Christian Prince said the first meat they eat in Islamic heaven is bird. Maybe they will cook bird soup for him.

[@IndianaAorta]

Most Iranians are naive to this history and ask for the same thing again. Mostly expats but nevertheless…. Back to democracy where everyone has a voice in Iran…..

[@arashjafari3283]

i laugh at you for beliving these lies, mosaddeq was appointed by the shah himself to nationalize the oil yet he used his position to dissolve the parliment and tried to overthrow the shah.

[@IndianaAorta]

@@arashjafari3283 laughing at me will not solve the problems that Iran is facing. Your comment exactly highlights my point that most Iranians are not fluent in the recent history unfortunately. The 1921 coup, overthrowing Reza Shah in 1941 (placing him in exile while making his son the new king- just think about how that would make any sense), another coup in 1953, all while every oil rich country in the Middle East was being ruled by a British/ American appointed puppet (Iraq, Jordan, Saudi, etc.) to establish the Petro-dollar as the basis of US dollar as (eventually) a fiat currency and currency reserve to protect the Bretten Woods agreement in order for the US government to have exonomical control over most countries. It is all connected to this day where Brics is working to end this system. It is easy to get emotional about these issues and lose sight of the bitter realities but I encourage you to read more balanced documents and really understand this. Iran is for all Iranians irrespective of lineage, language, dialect, religion and skin color. That’s how Iran was founded by Cyrus. Todays requirements are different than yesterdays and Iran needs to be a secular democracy and the voice of all should be heard. I understand and respect your sentiments and I know that it is painful to watch the situation but only the unification of the people will put Iran on a path forward, not attaching ourselves to a decaying US led system. We need to look at our culture and heritage and rebuild based on that. With all respect to you.

[@jankusthegreat9233]

Im early