The Coup that Ruined US-Iranian Relations

[@historywatch-4U]

I don't think there has been enough interest in Iran history. This is nice to see. Gives perspective.

[@rouka120]

We don’t hear a lot because Western involvement in Iran is a sh*tstain in Western History. We really f*caked them over

[@historywatch-4U]

@@rouka120 Yeah, but every country has their past sins.

[@eddiesroom1868]

@@historywatch-4U I appreciate learning about why we had that war. Happy Holidays

[@donnajohnson8355]

Merry Christmas everyone

[@jgallardo7344]

Quite frankly, I don’t think our history classes go into depths on how much the US influence was in the Cold War to places like the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa

[@mandalor45]

only America could replace a democracy with a dictatorship and then feel the need to save people from said dictatorship

[@michaelconran5252]

Feeds the wars machine. Can't find an enemy, create one. Just like Jussie Smollett.

[@janehallowell5886]

It's disgustingly sad how true this is

[@MajorJakas]

There really is a shadow government that works for itself. These people do not love America, they are globetrotting elites working espionage in business and military sectors, ignoring borders. Many of them worship Satan.

[@NAME-yg8sl]

In their defense, who could know that a dictatorship would do dicator-y things.

[@ShizukaOG]

@@janehallowell5886 *That's fake Britain was the one who started all of this because of its oil.*

[@ShortHax]

US: We accept the deal UK: We don't US: What should we do? UK: Establish a Coup US: They are blaming us for this problem UK: Not our problem

[@BBWahoo]

How fat do I have to be to make as many comments as yours? What is your diet even consist of? Printed out youtube comments??

[@ciaranleonard3744]

Two evil nations, ..they get away with murder!

[@LeonNikkidude]

In 1953 US involvement and manipulation ,meddling in Iran was long time ago!Was it evil?Perhaps.Did it lead to the radical nuclear developing extremist state there now?Ofcourse !But it can be corrected with good military planning by coalition 😃

[@tuehojbjerg969]

@@LeonNikkidude they meddled again in the revolution when they sent a certain religious leader from france to Iran to undermine the uprising against the shah, a guy named Khomeini

[@sallagitsin1745]

Hi former verified account.

[@Hotshot2k4]

Really appreciate you making this video. This information is out there, but not a lot of people will go out of their way to learn about it without it being essentially spoon-fed to them, and unfortunately it's worth knowing what kind of maneuvering powerful governments are capable of when trying to promote the interests of the wealthy.

[@JoshuaMcTackett]

I'm so thankful that society seems to be waking up to this. On the other hand it's depressing we don't seem to know what to do to change things now we know about this kind of common corruption in western democracies.

[@SpaceOutlaw_]

Yup the usa school system really sugar coated out country’s history lol but tbh what super successful country doesn’t some blood on their hands

[@JM1993951]

Too many people are willing to believe that “they hate us because of our freedom”. There’s always a reason, and it’s never the freedom nonsense.

[@thevolatilitywhisperer7616]

@@JM1993951 freedom nonsense?! In Iran, you'd be stoned to death for saying that about them. You are the problem, freedom is and always will be the answer. I know which way you vote. Spoiled is what you are. Sad

[@thevolatilitywhisperer7616]

@@JoshuaMcTackett western democracy is definitely the only place w/corruption 🙄. Corruption is everywhere bc a bunch of "smart" ppl vote for words and ignore actions. Hate rather then actually see.

[@ladynikkie]

This is truly a lesson to never meddle in the affairs of countries that you have no business with.

[@КолзакМикхаылов]

No. America has the right to stop the expansion of Soviet influence as much as possible.

[@cakapcakep241]

The US and UK do have business there. They needs the oil supply for the development of their economy and to kick soviet influence out of middle east, so this is what happened. The number 1 rule in nation building is pragmatism, not humanism, faith, or ideals.

[@BBWahoo]

@@КолзакМикхаылов Where does that right come from?

[@КолзакМикхаылов]

@@BBWahoo the right to fight Socialism

[@BBWahoo]

@@КолзакМикхаылов Lmfao, why? So they can replace it with half assed nationalism for their own corporate practices? Socialism is used as thin veil to make it OK to attack those who hold interests different from Americans. To what point will you allow that kind of meddling to happen? You have similar people accusing Russia and country in the far east of socialism and communism, and for what? More senseless fighting for American interests, to me it sounds like you don't know the tree you're barking up

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Please do a episode on Operation Condor the operation that installed some of the most brutal dictators in South America

[@katieholland4244]

I second this

[@kyleshiflet9952]

@@katieholland4244 thanks if not Condor atleast one on Augusto Pinochet of Chile

[@kiwi6147]

Gotta love America exporting it's democracy

[@kyleshiflet9952]

@@kiwi6147 it's our main export

[@L_back]

@@kiwi6147idk if that was out of pure evil, tho. American foreign policy was lied to by those dictatorships

[@l.tc.5032]

The lesson is leave other cultures alone. You don't have to agree you can even vehemently oppose what they do but unless they are hurting anyone besides your political interest you don't do anything. If they are hurting people send aid to the victims and do not make a relationship with them.

[@simuljustusetpeccator5547]

The root cause for all this ........ Greed!

[@joescott1526]

Despite the fact that most politicians are corrupt, there is still so many people that trust them wholeheartedly, without caution.

[@marvinheemeyer6660]

Yep! Let's go Brandon!!!

[@marvinheemeyer6660]

@@RandomGuy-jo8ky + I'm not sure I get your meaning there fella. I know I passed my ASVAB with damn good scores in the mechanical section. I had an opportunity to go to Embry Riddle Aeronautical university but decided to go into the oil field instead. Second worst decision I ever made.

[@schott43]

The corruption no one is paying attention to is Israhell and AIPAC!!

[@schott43]

​@@marvinheemeyer6660the worst I made was staying in the US 80 yrs.

[@michaelconran5252]

As a retired Marine and combat veteran, I understand how the U.S. has gotten the us in many wars. From my studies, since WWI at least, every conflict we have been involved with was caused by something else. A very deadly domino effect. The Treaty of Versailles was the direct cause of Hitler. The Potsdam Conference led to Korea and Vietnam. All the issues in the Middle East, same way. 9-11 did not begin on 9-11, it goes on and on. Without our help and interference, Muslim extremest wouldn't be as extreme. They were always there to a degree, but more of a fringe element or cult, like a Muslim Jim Jones kind of thing.

[@emanmoba]

Did you ever wonder why you were there when you were deployed?

[@michaelconran5252]

@@emanmoba honestly, I only cared about the Marines around me. When you see how locals treat their neighbors, gives you a sense of duty. Most people want what we have, put out government makes empty promises, gets bored and pulls out. We never needed to go to Iraq, Adam was a local thug and Turkey, Syria and Iran had to keep an eye on him. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We took out eyes off of Afghanistan, we see how that went. If our leaders had skin in the game, like lives in the line, wars would be different. I could right a book on it.

[@emanmoba]

@@michaelconran5252 I honestly don't think the people in charge give a damn about the troops or the people abroad. Kissinger famously called soldiers "dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns of foreign policy". I think that speaks volumes about the mentality of the elites in charge.

[@michaelconran5252]

@@emanmoba give a damn? I don't think even that much. Bush proved that during Operation Vigilant Resolve. First battle of Fallujah 2004. That is when my give a fuck broke. The official report is a lie and the 2nd battle, Phantom Fury should not have been needed. I was 2 years from retirement at that time. Loved the Marines enjoyed my time, not pleased how our government is against winning wars. We win every battle but lose all the wars. Can only be on purpose.

[@thanksmaybe4103]

You need to read history more. Ho Chi Minh was kicked out by Woodrow kkk Wilson

[@andersonic]

This isn't "weird" history, it's tragic and shameful. It's good that you're pushing awareness of America's complicity in destroying a democracy and creating its own bogeyman. Most living Americans grew up with Iran as a convenient threat to justify "patriotic" militant jingoism, from John McCain singing Bomb Iran to Trump trying to start a war after he lost the election.

[@SpaceOutlaw_]

I always hear how we stage Coups and taken advantage of others but never in a way as educational informative as this video. We need more

[@SpaceOutlaw_]

@@RandomGuy-jo8ky not what I meant 😅 but I wouldn’t mind a Chinese or Russian coup lolololol

[@SpaceOutlaw_]

@@RandomGuy-jo8ky troof. That’s probably why is hasn’t been tried yet. Or at least what we know

[@den264]

Let's be clear ! This was not so much American foreign policy, but Israeli foreign policy. Look at the name of the American foreign minister for a clue. American politics and especially their foreign policy has been driven by Zionist Jews for decades. Look at PNAC for instance to see a group of neo Conservatives headed by Pearl, Bush Wolfavic and others. Intent on removing officially elected leaders in seven middle east countries. All in the hope of destabilizing them and suplanting their leaders with pro American Israeli puppet leaders.

[@harxist]

@@SpaceOutlaw_ You think an American coup would be better for these countries? If anything the US would turn them into ashes since they’re major super powers threatening it’s power over the world, specially China who is increasingly becoming more powerful.

[@martell203]

I can’t believe that this channel is even touching this subject. I’m used to this channel omitting key facts about western governments. Good job! 👏

[@thewhitewolf58]

Nothing pisses off america more then a country that chooses to have an independant thought.

[@matthewdavey6064]

Just think of the lives destroyed over the past 70 years because of this ridiculous coup. Never a thought for the future, just the treasure.

[@growthandunderstanding]

Yes, I wish we could make them pay.

[@L_back]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoikfoecjNVjlacsi=o4pXgFf_dsVANPqI

[@schott43]

It's what the US has been about since day one overc2 centuries ago.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"The moral aspect of oil nationalization is more important than its economic aspect" - Mohammad Mosaddegh

[@ckwind1971]

I haven't watched it all yet, but I'm willing to bet that is the reason for the coup right there

[@xscorpio1976]

Wow. Very true, yet no way the US would ever respect that

[@mskidi]

BOOM! Thats why nationalism, nativism etc are so bad these days. They're bad for bussiness

[@L_back]

What people say is very different from what they think, sometimes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoikfoecjNVjlacsi=o4pXgFf_dsVANPqI

[@anitayousefimashhour]

As an Iranian just wanted to add that people in my country were never invested in politics (some people still aren’t) . We are mostly poetic and artistic. Many so called educated people had/have no idea how to be political. What I’m getting at is people were steered to the “koodeta” and 1979’s Islamic revolution. By living in a middle eastern country neither you nor your country have anything to say comparing to first world countries and that’s a fact. People here are being played with. Most of the people like if not love America (even Israel) and there’s no feud in people’s eyes but government chose to play it this way for obvious purposes. I can speak for my generation and want to say we learned how to see the world as we should without believing all what schools/government or older people say. It’s the bittersweet experience of being an Iranian teen you learn way too much so early in life :).

[@jff1865]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@MsGreen-us5zm]

The corrupt elites in all governments push the hatred. Ordinary people everywhere are just trying to survive.

[@matthewtymczyszyn8948]

It’s strange learning about Russia, China, Iran and so on. Americans are very proud and we don’t trust the government, state or even unions to act on our behalf. Letting the head of state do as he likes is unbelievable to us.

[@A.K.4.7]

Iranians might like the american people/culture, but I wouldn't say that most iranians likes the governments of USA and Israel.

[@anitayousefimashhour]

@@matthewtymczyszyn8948 It’s sad how we don’t care about history (at least i know people in Iran don’t as much as they should). History is the key to many of the misunderstandings.

[@neilpuckett359]

We've also been meddling in South America for over 100 years!

[@martell203]

Monroe was president right? Isn’t that what the Monroe Doctrine was about?

[@PrinceofDrill]

Operation PBSuccess is a great example! 😃👍🏿

[@BBWahoo]

And Africa over HUNDREDS!!

[@Megaghost_]

@@martell203 Yes. The idea of Latin America being USA's bitch - I mean, their own personal backyard to do as they please - was already present before James Monroe became president, though. American neocolonialism was never hidden since its inception after the independence from UK: be the only ones to subjugate Latin America so no European country could.

[@EatMyShortsAU]

Yeah currently trying to get Maduro ousted. They even paid for private mercenaries to try to over the government with Operation Gideon (2020)

[@user-pc8dl4cy3i]

Glad to see Iran’s history highlighted. My late husband and I escaped Iran with our lives in the 1979 revolution; such a pity that the country has been decimated by outside forces. Nice job on this video. Thanks so much!

[@staceytetzlaff2822]

Sorry about that

[@beoweasel]

1:18 For those curious, Kermit Roosevelt was part of the Theodore branch of the Roosevelt family, he was Teddy's grandson and child of the former president's second son, Kermit Roosevelt Sr.

[@historywatch-4U]

They release all of these spicy documents years later, but I'm still holding out for the documents telling us what really went down at the JFK assassination.

[@stacyrussell460]

Same!!

[@TheShoe1990]

Spoiler alert: The Comedian from Watchmen shot JFK.

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Oh man, why don't you f*ckin' stop it? Sh*t, this is too f*ckin' big for you, you know that?! Who did the president, who killed Kennedy, f*ck man! It's a mystery! It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma! The f*ckin' shooters don't even know! Don't you get it?! (Please don't think I'm seriously berating you! Lol! It's from the movie JFK. Just a joke!)

[@JayR-wg9jq]

well, i can tell you one thing about the assassination: he was shot in the head and he died

[@ratscoot]

The CIA and French intelligence agency also helped Khomeini's coup against Shah Pahlavi. Khomeini lived in exile in Paris at the time and the US and France wanted the Shah gone because he sided with the OPEC oil embargo. They aided in anti Shah protest and flew Khomeini back to Iran to lead the revolution. The US has a history of backing muslim extremists like the Muslim Brotherhood they supported in their fight against Nasser.

[@babaksard9622]

As an iranian I have to mention PLEASE do not let people over here that know farsi or maybe live in iran TRY to represent for the whole nation. Take into consideration that youtube is unaccessible for most Iraninans and the youtube commenters claiming they are giving perspective are an isolated ultra westernized upper middle class and richer and they have no idea what's on the mind of the majority of iranian population

[@NewMessage]

It all went so badly, Kermit Roosevelt had to undergo full body felting and restart his life as a variety show host.

[@EatMyShortsAU]

hahahahaha I would not be surprised if Kermit the Frog is inspired by him.

[@chloe-pd8zc]

kermit 😂🐸

[@chloe-pd8zc]

@@EatMyShortsAU lol

[@missourimoons]

I will not rest until you release the 1970s series

[@rouka120]

I want that too

[@nedludd7622]

It is not really weird history. It is American business as usual.

[@EatMyShortsAU]

Sounds very familiar to what the US is trying to do with Maduro. The only problem is that there are enough educated people knowledgable of modern politics in the world people to know to expect the US to attempt coupes to overthrow governments.

[@AeneasGemini]

@@EatMyShortsAU The main difference being that Maduro is a monster who's suffocating his own people, whereas the leader of Iran at the time was actually a decent human being.

[@EatMyShortsAU]

@@AeneasGemini Is that is what your government and media sources is telling you? Do they ever mention the crippling US sanctions and the drop in oil prices?

[@FearMyGuitar]

Yeah, and now it's happening internally.

[@nicolebrown1927]

Exactly😒

[@silvermica]

I’m in American who lived in Iran in 1978 - when I was a little boy. We had to evacuate Iran - due to the (dangerous) instability. Iranians were always asking us what we thought about the Shah. I’m going to buy that book, “All the Shah's Men.” This is absolutely fascinating - history not often talked about.

[@Нобучікॳноза]

If US didn't throw Mossadegh away and let Iran alone, Iran would be secular democratic country, one of the largest economic powerhouses in Middle East as well as South Asia which means it would be stable geopolitical situation at the same time.

[@J3diMindTrix]

Which is exactly why they didn't want that to happen.

[@donHooligan]

do a video on the US military using depleted uranium bullets. it's illegal, but they do it.

[@EatMyShortsAU]

I am not too sure about the "Illegal" part. Heaps of countries use immoral weapons like land mines, cluster munitions, white phosphorus, depleted uranium etc. Look at recent conflicts like the Syrian War. Assad dropped barrel bombs from helicopters in to residential areas. Armenia and Azerbaijan were both accused of using cluster munitions(In which I am pretty certain BOTH sides did use since there is video evidence).

[@chrisbacos]

Whenever Americans complain about repressive and undemocratic regimes in other countries save a few (i.e. China and Turkey) all they have to do is look at Washington DC.

[@uansari1]

You don’t know what you’re talking about. Erdogan is a modern day Mossadegh, and his presidency is a direct result of the decades of coups that the US implemented in Turkey by its military. Erdogan’s goal is to get out from under the American boot. Nothing wrong with that.

[@Ohh695]

America #1 🇺🇸

[@TheBLGL]

I lived under Erdoğan so I will complain about him all I want, thanks.

[@paulshaju2806]

@@uansari1 no Erdoğan is religious fanatic busy converting churches into mosques Erdoğan and mossadeq shouldn't even be compared one is a visionary other is fanatic loser

[@chrisbacos]

@@paulshaju2806 Mossadegh was a good man and a pragmatist. With him, you can only say "what if" or "what might have been."

[@natasiascadence8160]

These politics videos are so oddly addicting

[@pogo55555]

I absolutely agree. I have a burning curiosity to keep delving into the secrets of Linux, but this video and videos like it, are very very distracting. Because they are very very interesting!

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Self-interest is the only reason why the superpowers will do anything to remain in power.

[@elizabethkrafnick5466]

A few years back when my son was in graduate school he asked me to read a book called overthrow and it’s about instances in a modern American history starting with Hawaii where we did things like this and he started off his reasoning by saying 9/11 would never of happened if we hadn’t put the Shah in power. I thought wow I didn’t know we put him in power because I was never taught that. So if you want a good book it’s not about things that other countries havent necessarily done it’s just things that haven’t been taught that we should probably know about. This particular episode is the one that didn’t work that is still haunting us today.

[@katmcandrew6098]

I have pretty much watch every single 1 of your episodes but this 1 Really shocked and surprise me Where is this in our history books?

[@get2dachoppa249]

I recommend reading/listening to “The Devils Chessboard”, by David Talbot. It covered it pretty throughly, along with other CIA actions during the Cold War era.

[@airsoftvulture]

i wish we failed so bad..

[@crainur]

Christ, the CIA sure has done a lot of bad in its lifetime

[@Tisbutascratch930]

A video on Rasputin and ancient Hawaiians would be awesome. Thanks as always for the awesome content!

[@jamesz7031]

Patiently Waiting for Timeline to come back

[@martell203]

This is why the “news” always starts Iranian history in 1979, the year when the Iranian people had the nerve to take their country back.

[@EatMyShortsAU]

Well that was a big event in which shaped Iranian history drastically to this day plus it was a big deal in the US during the Cold War era. Especially with the hostage crises and oil embargos and all the other crap going on during the 70's. The problem is that ideology is very Anti-West plus Iran has a lot of proxy groups and allies in the Middle East like in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen etc. The US spent a lot of money and blood in Iraq overthrowing Saddam but the country is now run by a Shia lead government with close to the US' enemy(Iran).

[@salag13]

This is exactly why I don’t blame Iran one bit for hating the U.S. The U.S brought it on themselves.

[@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512]

@Aroko 76 Actually, we do. And we are right to.

[@madisonill524]

Make a video on the history of Christmas, or new year’s traditions or celebrations through the decades/centuries! Love all your history videos!

[@buck_swope]

Weird History about to get Vince Foster'd

[@ImperialEarthEmpire]

My god, for a country that preach democracy n freedom surely have countless innocent blood on her hand...

[@MrJLCharbonneau]

“They were too busy trying to figure out if they could, to stop and think if they should.” The short term gains do not outweigh the long term consequences… that is now abundantly clear.

[@Butt_Slayer]

Life finds a way.

[@maryaltshuller885]

The U. S. engages in too much shortsigtedness and that's not only the government.

[@SirAsdf]

Oh America, we really can't just mind our own goddamn business huh?

[@КолзакМикхаылов]

Socialism shall be burned down to hell

[@donHooligan]

@@КолзакМикхаылов that happened 100 years ago. ....when Eugene Debs was thrown in prison for speaking out against war. an American was thrown in prison for being anti-war. that doesn't shake you, because you are a trashy, far-right fascist.

[@КолзакМикхаылов]

@@donHooligan the last time I checked, debs was a fucking socialist. He is also a fucking traitor to his own country. I hate socialism to the heart. Some of my relatives were victims of socialism. Call me right winger but it ain't making me consume socialist propaganda.

[@donHooligan]

@@КолзакМикхаылов no, they were not victims of "socialism." the concept of caring for others has never harmed anyone you know. a dictator is not "socialism" child. you believe state capitalism is socialism/communism. that is the problem....you hate the right wing so you become far right wing...as planned by the empire. good puppet.

[@donHooligan]

@@КолзакМикхаылов how much are you getting paid to comment, fash-boy?

[@offchance789]

Iran: *Sends weapons and men to Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine* "What? We learned from the best!"

[@lightningboltt5437]

Yh the us is a teacher in human right abuses

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Yes they do,these religious mullars,hypocrisy support terrorists in the Mid East..Hizbollah🤔

[@milodude023]

Hi, I would like to hear about the influence of foreigners nations in Argentina's 1976 coup. Great content as always!! Keep it up. Cheers🍻🍻 and merry Xmas!!

[@sandrawilburn5766]

Great piece. Opened my eyes to exactly what role the US played in middle eastern politics. How many other coups has the US played a role in? Behind the scenes. Did the US play a role in the 1917 Russian revolution?

[@thanksmaybe4103]

Lol wait until you hear what the USA does in South America

[@thanksmaybe4103]

We invaded Russia in 1917 damn just Google it’s not hard

[@user-hv6wb5gk8p]

Germany played a role in the 1917 Russian revolution. Despite the revolution the new, not-yet-communist government wanted to keep fighting WW1 so germany helped Lenin get back to Russia to start a second revolution, the October Revolution. In return the bolsheviks made a peace treaty with Germany that basicly stood until the treaty of Versailles overruled it and allowed them to send troops and resources from the eastern front to the west. However the US did cause two coups in Panama to secure access to the Panama canal. There were also US-orchestrated coups in the Central American "banana republics" to protect business interests of the United Fruit Company, today named Chiquita. They essentially ruled the country and owned most of the land, exploiting and abusing the people to flood the US with cheap bananas. Then there were the "anti-communist" coups in South America, where the US replaced often moderately left-leaning governments with dictators that usually ended up committing horrific crimes against humanity. These are very, very broad generalizations and I'm absolutely certain there are a lot more US-coups around the world I just can't recall right now. The US has been an imperialist country for decades now. It has had some successes but it also killed millions of people in the wars and insurgencies this meddling started.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Imagine no coups in Guatemala Chile Iran no dictators coming into power

[@rouka120]

Always trust the American government. I mean, they are so trustworthy and have never done anything wrong. Let’s trust them with our healthcare, safety, and children. Come on….**sweats** what’s wrong with that?

[@AeneasGemini]

They acted in their national interest, like most governments should. Granted it backfired, but in the grand scheme of things I can understand why they did it.

[@ciaranleonard3744]

Evil country!

[@shellshell942]

America meddle in others countries democracy...never! 🤣

[@bearing_aficionado]

But yet cry when someone tries to meddle in ours. Then use the media as their propaganda arm to lie to the American people and undermine a dully elected president.

[@theodoroo969]

Really nice video! Do more like this, like politic and the consequences some actions lead to

[@protosszocker5678]

One of the best examples that capitalsm is more important for the USA then democracy. Imagine what a beautiful place the world could be if it would be the other way...

[@Hiphop618]

One government intervening in another government's oil industry is not capitalism, sweetie. That's pretty much the antithesis of free market capitalism.

[@michaelconran5252]

@@Hiphop618 exactly.

[@protosszocker5678]

@@Hiphop618 gouverments "securing" the freedom of the market for big companies is exactly capitalism

[@lashamartashvili]

I love when americans talk about how anti democratic the us is. Although such talks are interpreted as evidence of existence of democracy by some... The matter is all the supporters of the us installed dictators could have provided the same amount of proof of existence of demicracy in their respective counties.

[@majidramezanpooraghdamy7023]

Thanks for the video. I must note though that most of your footage is from 1979 revolution and not the coup (we call it 28th of mordad) and i think it was because of lack of footage. Thanks for the video it was a good one

[@michaelinminn]

6:51 I'm having a very hard time placing President Ford and in your post. Please advise.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🌐

[@RickClark58]

Karma. Russia is going to get the last laugh in all of this.

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Just another episode of "Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of our actions."

[@The247tweak]

Please make a video about Shi Pei Pu! I would love to learn more about it and it's definitely weird history!

[@Amen.ahmed1]

Same happened in Egypt in 2013 and Ukraine in 2014

[@ichirinov3833]

What goes around comes around... and the USA is already experiencing a spoon of its own medicine

[@landonbrown9943]

Can you do a video about the flying beavers 🦫 in the 1940’s?

[@christinacascadilla4473]

Why was there a photo of Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller? This was 1953, not 1974.

[@scottroberts5511]

Any body else catch a 4:48 the German copy of a 2007 article of the New York Times at 10 euro's in a video about something that happened in the 1950's. Just say'n

[@FearMyGuitar]

Any of this ring a bell as to what's currently happening in the U.S.?

[@Fuhrious]

Somebody watched “Argo “lately. I’ve seen it show up on my channel guide as well. Love that movie from the first time I saw it.

[@jackmason5278]

What does the photo at 06:50 have to do with a 1953 coup? If I'm not mistaken, it depicts President Ford and Vice President Rockefeller. That would place it in the mid-1970s.

[@tuehojbjerg969]

They where paying a certain religious leader that time,

[@joesmith942]

Every video on this topic covers the same material, which is fine. But the thing I have not heard is what was Eisenhower doing in all of this? I would think the the POTUS would sort of be involved with the decision to overthrow a government so the lack of mention is fascinating. Need to read more on this.

[@brendakrieger7000]

Merry Christmas🎄

[@matthewdrummond1340]

Less than 10 years after WW2 and they were like hey let's support this group mini Natz!s. WTF guys? Anything for oil hey.

[@OnnyWiranda]

CIA also orchestrated a coup in Indonesia 1965. Millions of innocents killed. Please please make video of tnat forgotten bloody war on the cold war era.

[@KdubbleYT]

They weren’t as involved but supported anything anti communist. It was more Shorato

[@alexisred2036]

Good job, brother.

[@mikethetowns]

3:10 Heh, liked the backspacing to fit with the audio haha.

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Classy as always Western “democracies”.

[@Bhatakti_Hawas]

CIA wants to know your location

[@v-iii-b-59suyashkohachade87]

"One window operation" as Americans called it was actually pretty dirty but great tactic, install and deal with a dictator (a single party) who can impose his will no matter what, they pay him, and receive all benefits and resources of that particular country

[@3_2_1]

My view: It was so correct until 8:56 that I was going to download it, and suddenly it went wrong afterwards. The political Islam roots back to British establishment "Muslim Brotherhood", followed by Brzeziński creation of Arab-Afghan Mujahideen (later Al Qaeda and Taliban) and of course Israel masterpiece to establish Hamas in order to undermine Palestinian nationalism (The PLO). Of course all those moves blowbacked as severe as possible, but what matters is the fact a Shia Persian country (Iran) has never had huge ideological influence on the Sunni Arab world. The conclusion is not in line with the reality on the ground.

[@StopListenThink]

Clothing style too

[@kamilebrahimoff3589]

The 1979 hostage crisis was a response to the 1953 Iran coup. Although, I do not agree with hostage crisis that happened in Iran. Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan was against the idea, as well. The Iranians should have informed the U.S. embassy to evacuate with 72 hours instead of hostage taking.

[@mikegarza5880]

Our foreign policy sucks!!

[@ofallmyintention9496]

The CIA, the house and the senate are all bereft of moral value, so....that's probably why.

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

Thank You Weird History For This Great Video ! Yes, It Will Piss Off The Oil & Defense Lobbyists In McLean, Virginia. They Deserve It !

[@ShizukaOG]

*Literally no one blame Great Britain for starting a 1953 coup because Mohammed Mossadegh, wanted to close a British oil company in Tehran in late 40's British prime minister seek American support to go through it American presidents at that time before election refused to do so.*

[@scuffle1345]

Lovely video

[@OshinAttari]

1950 USA: Iran Is Democracy and Must be Dictatorship 2010 USA : Iran is Dictatorship and Must be Democracy Iran : Huh...

[@bezoozime9170]

No sh**. US was such a democracy spreader in S. America, Africa, Asian countries etc...

[@oleeb]

Excellent!

[@rickkinki4624]

The Shaw may not have been a nice guy, but I've talked to any number of Iranians, most calling themselves Persians, who say that life for the average person was much better under the Shah than under the Ayatollahs.

[@Pain-And-Gain]

Please ignore those people...They live off of their dad's money or they were the elites who were somehow connected to Shah, directly or indirectly...Ask the people INSIDE of Iran but not those extreme religious people or not those extreme wealthy people because they will give a bias answer base off of their influence of extreme wealth or extreme religion

[@fixedguitar47]

How MY oil got under THEIR sand still eludes me!

[@paulshaju2806]

Best comment ever

[@jvarela965]

History is never black and white it’s always gray. Professor at Abbas Milani Is the Director of the Iranian studies program at Stanford. A former political prisoner under the Shah and later the Mullahs He wrote the most recent biography of the Shah based on declassified documents and wrote a book called the myth of the great Satan which goes into what happened in 1953. His Videos are all over KZbin.

[@amyfisher6380]

Please do a video on Mata Hari.

[@idrathernot_2]

These are the same people telling you to trust them, they totally mean well, we're the good guys

[@seiph80]

And here I was wondering when I'd see a video about the Shah of Iran or the Persepolis celebrations of 1971. Close enough!

[@ashkan5318]

Iran should have stayed a dynasty, everybody would have been better off

[@kouroshnahid4299]

Exactly!

[@crossfire7474]

Good thing I learned about this from the interactive comics Operation Ajax and Hank Green from Crash Course (KZbin).

[@FrancisBader-pe4vs]

Late Shah’s son is now trying to return to bring democracy and freedom to Iran. What a jerk and a wishful thinking . The guy hasn’t worked a day in his life and yet he wants to return and lead a depressed nation starting from the top.

[@aldousorwell3807]

Yet, when you point out the similarities and propose the likelihood that these bureaucrats engage in the same behavior in their own countries, one political faction brands you a *"CoNsPiRaCy ThEoRiSt"😂*

[@mentor397]

Tim Weiner wrote CIA: Legacy Of Ashes. It covers this and many other CIA failures.

[@nvkeerthana760]

Same thing happened in Bangladesh in 1982 too I think. The CIA helped the Bangladesh military overthrow the democratically elected government and establish a west friendly military dictatorship.........Correct me if I am wrong though. I am Indian so have only heard the Indian perspective , which is negative mostly as the Ershad government that took over Bangladesh was hostile towards India.

[@kforcer]

The video begins with an untruth, although a commonplace one: Mossadegh wasn't "democratically elected"; the senate--the same senate he later abolished--elected him amongst themselves and the Shah gave final approval of his selection. Mossadegh never won a popular election. This idea that he was democratically elected is just not accurate.

[@amirmalekpour514]

Zahedi was also arrested by the allies in WW2 for being a Nazi sympathizer.