Operation Ajax: CIA Oil Coup in Iran - COLD WAR

Our series on the history of the Cold War period continues with a documentary on the Iranian Coup of 1953 against the prime minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh and the so-called operation Ajax conducted by the American and British in support of the oil interests and the shah regime. This coup had a long-term impact on the history of Iran and the whole Middle East.
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Sources: Abrahamian, Ervand - Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, 1982
Gasiorowski, Mark J., Malcolm Byrne - Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran, Syracuse University Press, 2004

[@TheColdWarTV]

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[@nimbo9492]

The Cold War: this was a great and well documented video. Thanks for sharing it! Could you also make a video about "Shapour Bakhtiar", who was one of the prominent roles in promoting democracy and constitutional monarchy in Iran?

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

@@nimbo9492 Shapour Bakhtiar The Just whom Khomeini had his goons assassinate in Paris. Ayatollah Kazem Shariatmadari The Just whom Khomeini had his goons keep under house arrest and then murder in 1986. The Ayatollah was also the savior of Khomeini in 1963 when the Shah condemned the latter to death. & Sadegh Ghotbzadegh the babooshlicking sycophant groveling to Khomeini, became the latter's adopted son & then was made foreign affairs minister in Khomeini's regime, couldn't follow & then was executed on Khomeini's orders, fully deserving what he got.

[@amirrezaboshagh6029]

hello sir with respect could you please mention the name of venezuela oil deal which mosadagh had offered based on it?

[@mahbodmobasher2083]

Ayatollah behbahani passed away in 1910, how did he support the shah?

[@fuzzywzhe]

You better post to other sites. You will be flagged for terms of service violations eventually. You cannot talk about how the, revolution, was done in detail, what alphabet agencies and which nations were involved, or how each nation divided up the spoils, nor Kermit Roosevelt's involvement, etc. It was all declassified over 30 years ago.

[@bmr2104]

And there are those who think that hostilities between Iran and US started with the hostage crisis!!!

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

I think their view have been shape by the media not the actual event that happens and the media doesn't inform people properly sometimes

[@wolfgang757]

Arguably it started thousands of years ago. In terms of Central Asia and the Western World at odds and conflict.

[@wolfgang757]

@@USSAnimeNCC- but I think their view is shaped by facts not other media.

[@khalidh442]

Still doesn't justify Iran's barbaric acts of taking random embassy staff as hostage

[@wolfgang757]

@@khalidh442 No it does not but that was a time of great turmoil and uncertainty with no clear outcome so I think we must stop short of blaming the nation for that incident. Emotions all around ran very high yet bloodshed was avoided and in the long run that might be seen as the greatest victory of its' time. Meaning the fact that war did not break out between Iran and the west, whatever the situation since.

[@JohnSmith-jj2yd]

How can a sixteen minute video titled "Operation Ajax" not mention Kermit Roosevelt or any of the actual details of the operation? The closest mention of the actual CIA role is mentioning the wrong Dulles brother being in a photo with a sheepish comment of "coincidence right?" I'm a fan of the series but this one dropped the ball.

[@arthas640]

The whole video is basiclly a prequel/run up to the actual operation Ajax. Should have been a 2 part episode

[@moodydude565]

Any other videos on the topic?

[@JohnSmith-jj2yd]

Steven Kinzer's "All The Shah's Men" is a great read on the coup.

[@floydjarvis2161]

@@JohnSmith-jj2yd Thats what brought me here. Didn't even get to the Guatemalan part.

[@cliffgaither]

John Smith :: This Channel has a number of issues with omitting important facts about The Cold-War and the United States' duplicitous Foreign-Policy.

[@Marinealver]

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.

[@black10872]

accurate as fuck!

[@frankieseward8667]

@@black10872 50 years later UK-Saddam has WMD US-You certain? UK-We got evidence right there US-Give us a few minutes UK-How did it go? US-There was no WMDs and now Iraqis hate us UK-Sorry our bad.

[@thilakhari]

@@frankieseward8667 Hey, who accused iraq of WMDs?

[@Alex-ft9jy]

@@thilakhariThe Us

[@thilakhari]

@@Alex-ft9jy Then why did this guy put the blame on UK?

[@danballentyne238]

Small, but important, thing, John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State. His brother, Allan Dulles, was DCI.

[@No-xo8vg]

I caught that too lol

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

Political family connections. And I thought the mafia was shady. Governments are the biggest shady bastards

[@devtrev85]

It’s a double edged sword. The brothers contributed a lot toward the success of OSS and covert operations against the Axis during WWII. Their expertise as intelligence officers naturally led to their heavy involvement in shaping US foreign relations in the modern era-they would’ve been considered experts.

[@TheIanEscape]

@@devtrev85 too bad Allen spent most of his time in the OSS negotiating deals for Nazis

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

@@devtrev85 What intelligence they are intelligence

[@gianlucaborg195]

Keep it up. One suggestion though, as you go through the years, particularly towards the 80s and 90s, you should change the televisions, and props you have on set to mimic the improvements in the respective technology.

[@hoosacmusicman9108]

I enjoyed the video. However, I wanted to mention an error on your part. John Foster Dulles was Eisenhower's Secretary of State. It was J.F.'s brother Allen Dulles who was the head of the CIA.

[@derpjesus3468]

Dennis Howell The U.S. had no involvement in the 1953 Iranian coup www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/7ndccb/the_us_did_not_overthrow_iran_pm_mossadeq_the_cia/

[@erik-victory]

@@derpjesus3468 Did you bother to read past the initial post in that thread?

[@deathlycurious21st]

@@derpjesus3468 lol, you should check the CIA world factbook and see if they agree. they self publish their operations jsyk. I guess you wouldn't though would you...

[@criminalnchief5989]

Allen Dulles ( brother of John Dulles ) was director of the CIA picked by Eisenhower / Nixon administration

[@gabrieloberleitner1799]

How about an episode about the Guatemalan coup of 1954, which toppled the democratically elected government of Jacobo Árbenz?

[@abdhbfdhdfhf]

Gabriel Oberleitner actually the same strategies from the Iran coup were used one year later in the Guatemala coup in 1954

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

Brilliant video. I'm not from Iran, but I think anyone in the World, especially people of the US should learn about this event in order to understand the Iranian Psyche.

[@iraqimapper8625]

Aren't you an Iranian ?

[@CedricThePlaystation]

And to definitely not justify the creation of the Islamic republic

[@saeedvazirian]

@@CedricThePlaystation the creation of that government is fully justified

[@StormbringerI]

Oh please STFP you'r not leaving in this hell to fucking understand it

[@bestgradelearning9667]

@@CedricThePlaystation why

[@jesperbecker6412]

And people don’t understand why Iran disslike the US 😂

[@jonnyenough1531]

Our greatest ally is why

[@ottomeyer6928]

I do

[@black10872]

They should dislike the UK much more! They created the problem!

[@black10872]

@Maria W maybe. But the fact is the UK created the problem!

[@marmary5555]

@@iranforever1566 you are regime troll. Iranians don't like the UK. They don't have any problems with neither USA nor Israel. You AKHOOND lovers are all British made.

[@user-of7eb7xl7e]

14:19 this is the picture of Abdollah Behbahani who was a prominent figure in the constitutional revolution and died in 1910.The Behabani you're talking about is Mohamad Behbahani whose father was Abdollah Behbani;You mistook the father for the son.

[@EvanSiegel54]

Yes, I made that point above ^^^

[@mortezasahebi9188]

By the way mossadeq wasn't a fully democracy lover if he stays in power he will look more like NASER from Egypt but that doesn't mean western power have rights to interfere in Iran same for today No matter how much we 🇮🇷 people have problems with government's we don't need or like US Israel attention.

[@user-ui3pw1ys3k]

At least better than a military dictatorship.

[@TheSupremeTsar]

You should have an Eisenhower picture on the wall when he’s president instead of Truman

[@SI-fv7gc]

Dan 240Z Truman was an anti-imperialist, he refused to intervene in Iran, which the British Fox was trying to press them to do. The real America died with Truman and Eisenhower admitted to the devil’s wish

[@EvanSiegel54]

@@SI-fv7gc Truman wasn't an anti-imperialist. Mosaddeq wanted an alliance with the Americans against the Soviets and the British and Truman wisely accepted the offer.

[@SI-fv7gc]

@@EvanSiegel54 Mossadegh had no such interests, and his relationship with the Soviet Union is intensely debated. Truman is known to have refused Churchill's demands for an intervention in Iran by angrily remarking his opinions on this issue. It in 1:15 in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6WVqWyfd69_bck&ab_channel=JourneymanPictures . It was actually the fear of the Soviets becoming close with Iran that influenced the US decision to support a Coup.

[@EvanSiegel54]

@@SI-fv7gc Well, that was certainly one factor. Ahmad Qavam had a closer relationship than Mosaddeq with the Soviets and the Tudeh.

[@franciscomm7675]

Greek civil war next?

[@Daruliable]

The Persian GOT goes on, nice video guys!

[@jimfeldhouse4038]

nice comparison, right down to the disastrous endings.

[@saeedvazirian]

@@jimfeldhouse4038 it ended quite well.

[@pollo57645]

Amazing channel ! Well explained . Thank you

[@mortezasahebi9188]

Tnx for perfect accuracy of matter with completely fair view That why I love this channel, With love form Iran .

[@deanbuss1678]

Might be the best episode yet. 👍👍

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thanks :-)

[@OoIRANoO]

very detailed great job

[@AiXtz]

Next do Cambodia/CIA 1970-1979 and Soviet/Chinese influence support 1980-1989 in Cambodia.

[@TechReviewish]

"All the Shah's Men" by Kinzer will provide you with much needed background and details that are impossible to fit into a 17 minute video.

[@mikeb3936]

Don't forget we shot down a passenger Iranian commercial flight in 1988 over Iranian air space. All 290 on board were killed including 66 children.

[@scottlemurianboxer]

* shot down by Iran gov't in attempt to demonize the Christian world

[@SI-fv7gc]

Scott MrConservative Christian? Demonize? What the fuck, the Americans acknowledged they shot down the plane, the problem is that they never apologized.

[@mikeb3936]

@@scottlemurianboxer lol we admitted it.

[@scottlemurianboxer]

You are free to think whatever you want, because clearly you think you know everything. That's like saying, the 1 murder who turns himself in, is the only guilty one. Lol...but sure if you think the No other nation in the middle East played apart.....or even IR gov't knew about it, and used it to unite people of a war torn nation. You should try talking to and know a actual ambassador.

[@scottlemurianboxer]

I find it funny people with fake KZbin account claim to know more then someone who knew the ambassador 😂😂😂

[@philmcgrath7000]

John Foster Dulles was NOT the head of the CIA. He was Secretary of State during the Eisenhower administration. Allen Dulles (John's brother) was CIA director. Please get your history correct.

[@EleraiaD]

They should make a tv series on Operation Ajax. It could show us the events that occurred , leading up to the Coup. Maybe they can cast Ben Kingsley for the role of Mossadegh.

[@SPSSkals]

* *Puts oil on frying pan* * ... America: This pan needs some freedom.

[@arthas640]

The Brits were the ones who wanted the oil and the US got involved because of the Brits (who owned alot of Iranian oil) asking for help and claiming that Iran was drifting towards the soviets. In Iraq the US also didn't get much oil since the oil industry had to he rebuilt due to Saddam neglecting upgrades and infrastructure (as well as saddam damaging them as part of his scorched earth tactics) and by the time the repairs were made most of the oil was owned by the iraqi government, drilled by iraqi and european companies, and then sold in Asia mainly to China, Japan, and South Korea with the remaining oil mostly being used in europe or within the middle east. Same goes for Iran, the oil is now owned locally and sold mostly to China. If the US was concerned about oil theres no reason for them to invade Afghanistan either since they have no oil but they do have alot of minerals... which the US ignored and is now being surveyed by chinese mining companies. The USs main way of making money off the war had to do with military suppliers and contractors getting paid by the US government to supply the war and rebuild the region, not by stealing oil.

[@classicalbets5184]

It pisses me to no end that he never take a single sip from that tea that's right there. I have an impression that this is the same tea that was used in the first episode.

[@bryedtan]

Ironic that I am watching this video while drinking a cup of Earl Grey Tea.

[@ramin9512]

The saddest moment in US-Iran relations.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

The Shah was exiled in Morocco and the Moroccan king Hassan II came to the final conclusion that Islam can never be separated from politics. His wife got a free palace at the city of Taroudant.

[@syed1431]

The “islamic policies” of muslim nations are an insult to islam.

[@eca3101]

Islam is corrupt

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

@@eca3101 yet it is highly successful because of its political aspect.

[@eca3101]

@@gostavoadolfos2023 Islam? Highly successful? Ahahah That's why Muslims countries are constantly at the top for scientific contributions, right? That's why Muslim countries went to the moon, right? That's why Muslims countries aren't in constant bloody civil wars, right? "Success" my ass

[@georgerasmutin699]

@@eca3101 maybe your using the wrong measurements and criteria we are humans after all we clearly don't belong in space and industry has been ruining our planet plus the homeless, jobless , underemployed with no health insurance , yeah you might say the wests priorities are out of wack

[@stevenrobinson2381]

John Foster Dulles was Eisenhower's Sec. of State-his brother Allen was Director at CIA.

[@salvadorvizcarra769]

Now, please check out these FACTS that are on the Web: "In 250 years of existence as a nation, the US has fought against 29 sovereign countries. (In Fact, since 1785, we have been involved, for 231 years, in some kind of war. And this wars, against all varieties of nations. From going against the Sultan of Morocco, to invading the tiny island of Grenada, 1983. Well, this means that in our entire history, we have only had 17 years of peace, and even fewer, cuz here the almost 5 years of our Civil War (Union/Confed 1861‒1865), are Not counted, since this war was not with another country, but against us. And the wars against the Native Nations of America either are not counted, for the same reason). Anyway: We fought against 29 countries. We have "Grown" 711 the size of our territory from the original 13 colonies. Our Economic, Political and Military development was established thanks to the Piracy, the Slavery, the Massacres, the Opium Trade or Cocaine Traffic, and the Weakness of many abused sovereign nations. We have provoked with total impunity, 12 Genocides and 9 Massacres, ‒inside and outside our own borders‒, and Assassinations of Gov’t. Leaders, Coups d'État and Economic Blockades in 6 UN member nations. Between 1947 and 1989, the US tried to change other nations gov’ts 73 times. It includes 66 covert Ops. And 7 overt ones. In Civil Wars: The US has taken advantage of and intervened without justification in the following Civil Wars: In Marquesas Island. (Massacre. 1813). US Forces seize Nuku Hiva Island (French Polynesia 1813), and establish here «The First US Naval Base», in the Pacific. This historical fact is important, cuz in 1813, the US had NO Territorial Land nor Maritime Rights in the Pacific Ocean, until 1848, when the US seized California and other Mexican territories facing the Pacific. In Haiti. (1813 and 1901 and then 1915-1919-1934-1995-2001). In the Philippines. (1898-1902. Genocide. One Million people dead). In Hawaii. (1889 and 1890-1893 and 1901). In Cuba. (1898 and 1901-1902 and 1906 and 1913 and 1952 and again 1960). In Island Guam and Island Wake (1898-1899 and 1902-1905). In Island of Samoa. (1898-1899). In Puerto Rico. (1898-1902 to 2023 LOL). In Colombia. (1899-1902 and 1948). In Mexico. (1836 and 1847, and 1859-1861 “Cortina Wars”. And 1875 "Las Cuevas War”. And 1886 and 1904 and 1914 and again in 1916-1917 against “Pancho Villa”). In Russia. (1918-1920). In the "Republic Banana Wars" of Central America. (Massacre. 1912-1934-1943). In Dominican Republic. (1916-1924 and 1965-1966). In Honduras. (1903 and 1912 and 1919 and 1924-1925 and again 2009). In Venezuela. (1936 and 1945 and again in 1948). Military Coup in Peru. (1948 and 1967). In China. (1856-1859, and 1899-1901, and 1913 and 1933, and again in 1945-1946-1949). Military assistance to Chinese rebels in Taiwan. (1951-1952). In Korea. (1871 and 1950-1953). In Iran. (1953). Coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh. (Massacre. Op. Ajax). In Vietnam. (1959-1975. Massacre and Genocide.). In Laos. (Massacre. 1970-1974). The CIA “Bombing of Laos-Cambodia Ops” and the "Air America Op". (1971-1973). Attack on Cambodia. (Kampuchea. 1975). In Albania. (1949-1953 and 1955). In Panama. (1856, and 1903, and 1964-1968, and again 1989). In Brazil. (1950 and 1959 and 1964 and again in 2016). Coup and Intervention in Guatemala. (Massacre. 1944, and 1954, and 1966, and again 1982-1985). Coup against Patrice Lumumba and Intervention in Republic of the Congo. (Massacre. 1960- 1961). Coup and subsequent Fascist regime in Greece. (1967). The Hunting for Che Guevara, in Bolivia. (1968). US Military assistance in the Coup in Bolivia (Copper Mining Co. 1971). Terror in Uruguay. Support for the regime of Juan María Bordaberry. (Genocide. 1973). Support for the regime of Moboth, in Zaire (Genocide. 1974). Democratic Republic of the Congo “Simba Rebellion”. (Massacre. 1964-1967 and 1975). Entry of US Troops into Nicaragua. (1928-1932 against Augusto Sandino, and 1937 and 1972-1973, and 1984-1987 and again 1995). Coup in Chile against Salvador Allende. (Genocide. 1973-1976). Argentina (1976-1986). Armed conflict between the Saharawi Arab Republic and between Morocco. (1976-2002). Support for the cannibal Jean-Bédel Bokassa, in Central African Republic. (Genocide. 1979). Military assistance to the rebels of Yemen and Oman. (Massacre. 1978-1979). Military assistance in El Salvador, special operations. (Genocide. 1980-1992). Liberia. (Massacre. 1978-1980-1983). Coup in Honduras. Support General Polycarpo Paz Garcia. “Cocaine State”. (Genocide. 1979-1980-1982). Military assistance to Iraq. (1983-1990). We, the US, assistance Saddam Hussein against Iran. (More than half a million deaths in ten years. 1980-1990). Support and funding of the Khmer Rouge of Pol Pot. (Genocide 1980-1982). In Angola-Namibia. (Massacre. 1980-1981-1984). Intervention in Grenada. (1983). Here, in Grenada, the US Rangers attack lasted 6 hours, since the tiny Island has no Army, no Navy nor Air Force. The Ranges fought against 287 fearsome Police Officers. Actually, half of these Cops, cuz the other half had not yet come to work the afternoon shift. LOL. In Chad, support the Dictator and Genocide François “Ngarta” Tombalbaye. (1960-1972 and Intervention 1982-1986 and 2007). In Egypt, in the “Arab Spring”. (2010-2012). In Myanmar. (2015-2017). Coup in Equatorial Guinea. (1994-1997-2007 and 2021). In Bosnia. (Srebrenica and Markale. 1994-1995 and 2006). In Gambia. (CIA-CEDEAO. 2017). In Burkina Faso. (Massacre. 2014-2015 and 2021). Coup in Peru against Pedro Castillo. (2022-2023)… In Libya, Niger, Chad, Mozambique, Zambia, in Gabon (Gabon It is a small country at the western end of Central Africa. In just 4 years, 2019-2022, Gabon has suffered 9 Coups d'état. In 8 of these Coups, the US has intervened in one way or another). In Kenya, Oman, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Jordan, in Kosovo, Kiribati, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Yemen, in Afghanistan, etc. And… Oh! Yeah: In Ukraine. In 70 years, that is, from 1950 to 2020, we, the US, have participated in 80% of all global armed conflicts. In 80%!!! What's so "Proud" about being a nation of Looters and Criminals? .

[@tourinhopedro1]

It would be great if you could make some videos on the cuban revolution, cuban missile crisis and also on the effects of the cold war in latin america.

[@matro2]

Now you see why Iran didn't just let the Soviets and British in their country in 1941.

[@---uf2zl]

Tbh, the British and Soviets didn't meet much resistance during their short invasion

[@pgh6568]

Matro what ??? That doesn’t even make any sense 🤣🤣🤣

[@---uf2zl]

@kesofat Bruh I'm not even Hindu. The Bengali is a type of bird.

[@gobimurugesan2411]

@kesofat India have 200 million muslims. U fool

[@armbaria]

Iran accepted every request the Brits asked them too, Iran even fired all the German engineers that were working on Iran in order to settle the hostility between the two countries, but the Biritsh wanted to invade Iran nevertheless.

[@tacocruiser4238]

This channel reminds me of the World War 2 channel narrated by Indy Nydell. The format is very similar.

[@TheMrFu]

probably because they completely ripped it off

[@hidof9598]

@@TheMrFu , I prefer the term- "taken inspiration"

[@daryoushrahimi]

You missed some major facts... 1. You didn’t mention how the coup was conducted by the CIA and British intelligence 2. How the U.S payed many of the groups that started conflicts in the street in order to undermine Mossadeg 3. Also how U.S payed to have media falsely portray Mossadeg 4. The deals made between the United States and the Shah that would be in okay after the Coup 5. More knowledge about Mossadegs vision for the country There are some more little facts you forgot as well but my point is that there cannot be a conclusive interpretation about this event without more knowledge tied to some of the facts that were missing which I mentioned above. This is a huge turning point not just for the nation of Iran but for the world. The U.S used this event to justify doing the same to over a hundred countries after wards. It has never worked and only hurt both the U.S and other countries. Please get all the facts straight before posting this kind of video. Besides that, you explained the historical context very well in the beginning of the video.

[@Hermesborugerdian]

There was never a coup that took place successfully

[@cliffgaither]

Daryoush :: This Channel has many issues with leaving out comphrensive facts. Leaving the viewers with a misunderstanding of events ; a deliberate misunderstanding. Your synopsis was excellent !

[@wojciechwilkanowski4472]

Have you guys considered using Killing Hope by William Blum as a source? He goes into depth on this topic in particular

[@cageybee7221]

Tujdek just trolled the shit out of him at the end, they knew that their aid would make him look more authoritarian due to their association with the USSR.....that's some Mao level tactics right there.

[@jagdpanther2224]

The world was attention at the Korean War in the far east, the world has almost unheard of the Iranian coup 1953

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@patsfreak]

That's a nice puppet you have there. It would be a shame if some sort of revolution happened.

[@johnyoung4441]

Imagine having to give oil to Western countries when you could just kidnap some random journalists. *_This post was made by the Revolutionary Iran gang_*

[@yourmajesty1361]

Mossadeq was a traitor who plunged his country into chaos, anarchy and hunger and almost succeeded in selling Iran to the Soviet Union. Anyone who loves Mossadeq today must also love Ahmadinejad for his populist economic policies and insane demagoguery. At that time, it was the right to own the Iranian oil which isolated Iran. Today it is the right to posses nuclear technology, and again, Iran is being isolated from the world. Mossadeq, like Ahmadinejad, also led a populist economic policy, an anti-Iranian policy of isolation and the exclusion of foreign influences. The 19th of August, the day Dr. Mossadeq was overthrown, should remain in the memory of every Iranian, it was the day that was prevented, that Iran was sold out to the Soviet Union.

[@pladimir_vutin]

@@yourmajesty1361 glad someone finally realises that about mousaddeq. but the problem with current regime is not only about the nukes. it's just a justification. they have mainly problems with iranians spreading out their meaningless revolution. The idea of great israel and world zionism is against this revolution. both sides are maniacs and both deserve each other...

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Rezâ Šâh Pahlavi Iran is isolated from the world due to its harsh oppression of minorities which have lived in Iran for hundreds of years, and its murder and torture of dissidents and pro-secular figure. It's also being isolated due to its inability to divorce religion from politics and said religion calls for the deaths of those who aren't Muslim.... I wonder why we don't want them to have nuclear weapons.... 🤔

[@FlymanMS]

@@Edmonton-of2ec sure it's that thing US cares about, not the oil.

[@md.tamzidislam6580]

I will never used to that intro. A great video.

[@brokenbridge6316]

This was something I always wanted to know more about. I sort of feel a little sorry for that guy Mohamed who was trying to do right by Iran only to inadvertently make himself look like a dictator and be overthrown. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.

[@amirsalarhemmati8294]

the picture you used for ayatollah behbahani (seyyed Mohammad ) is actually for his father (Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani) who died in 1910

[@3366yerffej]

did you take that set from the great war channel?

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Jeffrey Hennig probably not considering the Great War still makes videos

[@fightingfalcon1986]

On the other hand, another error was to use Shah as a name instead of an equivalent of the German Kaiser or the Russian Czar. The full name of the ill-fated Shah was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

[@paulcombs-bomuse6172]

Wasn’t Alan Dulles the CIA director and John the Secretary of State?

[@charliekhosravi4509]

Damn the shah apologists are out in force

[@armbaria]

Salty Mosadegh fangays are out here defending their myth even tho they know Mosadegh was nothing more than a lying piece of garbage who was betrayed by the people closest to him.

[@saeedvazirian]

@@armbaria by defending his nation against foreigners? Lol?

[@godscroissant1539]

@@saeedvazirian he almost sold our country to the soviet union so of course most iranians heavily dislike him.

[@marmary5555]

@@armbaria 👏👏👏 Afarin

[@abandonedchannel281]

Ouch, that’s gonna bit them in the back

[@kalai2711]

Are you guys part of Kings and generals channel???

[@nikolaizetrov617]

U.S.: Did someone mentioned oil? Lets give them demon-crazy and freeDOOM in exchange of their oil.

[@arthas640]

Give them demon crazy? The US didnt even get much oil from iran at the time, it was more about supporting the british and pushing the soviets out of iran. Oil and freedom didnt have much to do with it for the US at least. And while the oil did belong to iran the British did have a legitimate interest in things since they owned a large portion of the iranian oil company, and virtually all the equipmentz machinery, ships, and many of the skilled employees were British.

[@monejad1693]

It was an interesting video. He does not mention that the 16th Congress closer to the Coup had only 22 members. It was practically dysfunctional. Also well before that Shah's trusted people had already occupied the parliament. The Coup situation and its consequences are very complicated.

[@feelsgoodman9751]

Will you do Turkey's entrance into NATO? it's also in the cold war

[@EvanSiegel54]

Thanks for this. I think it was on the whole well done. One cringe: The Ayatollah Behbehani you showed in the picture was that of Ayatollah Sayyed Abdollah Behbehani, one of two pillars of clerical support or the Iranian constitutional movement (1906-1911) who was assassinated in 1910 apparently by left-nationalists. The Ayatollah Mohammad Behbehani was notorious for his being a conduit of American intrigue in Iran, famous for his "Behbehani dollars" Oh, and Khomeini wound up taking a neutral stand between the coup and the Mosaddeq government. In power, after a brief honeymoon, he brutally persecuted the followers of Mosaddeq and his National Front. Kashani for his part eagerly supported the coup. After it was over, he broadcast how the Iranian people loved loved loved the Shah. Pet peeve: The "h" in Tudeh is not pronounced.

[@JimmyEscajeda]

This guy was appointed, that guy was appointed... By who?!?!

[@user-bj6ox8sg8i]

You will talk about eastern european anti-communist armed resistance movements?

[@Kannot2023]

Agitation from '52 Iran, is similar with 2020 agitation in US

[@ionevnknonymor]

FACT CHECK: It should be noted that the CIA director was Allen Dulles, brother of John Foster Dulles, who was in fact Secretary of State.

[@pukebastard9705]

John Foster Dulles was the Secretary of State not the head of the CIA. That was his brother Allan Dulles who was a founder and head of the CIA. The picture with the Shah is that of John Foster Dulles.

[@samludeke4442]

You don't talk about any details of Operation Ajax...

[@fclp67]

Wow they really added fuel to it. It's a greasy situation could even say slippery. They keep throwing oil into this fire. Basically not enough oil jokes in this episode.

[@Secular_Iran_GE]

Without USA and the UK involvement ,Iran would be the progressive country right now

[@radicalmoderate2730]

Interesting back story, however you left out some major information. The reason for Nationalization, BP which the British government at that time owned 51% controlling shares. BP would extract the oil, and either refine it in Iran or ship it to Brittan for refining or processing. Then they would sell it back to the Iranians at serious price increase. You also left out who paid these "protesters" it was a man by the name of Kermit Roosevelt and the CIA. You also left out that Mossenbeq one every case in the world court against BP

[@binnydhillon9116]

I really want liked your channel, but in this Video and the one video over Japan, the pictures and videos clips that was being used didn't match. The video in this from the Iranian Revolution, (statue of shah being taken down), and in Japan episode, when farmers were mentioned, the photos were shown of American soldiers with japanese women. Otherwise the channel and the videos are really cool. I just wanted to give a Feedback.

[@Kannot2023]

I wonder if the coup could have been possible without desire of Shah to gain all power.

[@LazyAndFabulous]

Though at least in the end, the British and the French lost their status in global politics in the Suez crisis.

[@touchofgrey5372]

Hey, what's with the picture of Stalin on the wall?

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

Flying his colors ?

[@jvs333]

While this is a brief good video. It skimmed/skipped/obscured some important information regarding how involved the CIA was masterminding the geopolitical agenda beyond the oil issue

[@Ali-bu6lo]

14:13 Ayatollah Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani that you used his picture here died in 1910 and he was a leader of the Iranian constitutional revolution. The Behbahani who was involved in the coup was his son Mohammad Behbahani.

[@TheSilver2001]

Why does British actions in Iran sound awfully familiar today? Sanctions, regime change, fight over oil

[@zacksima8333]

So that’s where asynchronous JavaScript came from

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Reza Shah once went to a village where the price of bread seemed to be way higher than it should be so he investigated and he found out one baker (and presumably all the other bakers in the village) was artificially increasing the price of bread by holding a ton in storage and only selling a small amount. So Reza shah killed the baker (its been a while since I heard this story I think he poured molten gold down his throat). The next day the price of bread in the village had gone down considerably

[@danieltsiprun8080]

Plz do you have any sources in English fir that story?

[@marmary5555]

@@danieltsiprun8080 he doesn't have any source because these are all lies that Islamic regime trolls keep spreading like a virus to vilify a true Patriot like Reza Shah the Great.

[@eddyr1041]

In short just sad story... one after another... so much bad breaks occurs here😅

[@woo9062]

CIA was so stupid

[@miguepreza5870]

Is this related whit the great war channel ?

[@sylvain8447]

You say the Coup happened on August 19, 1952... it's in 1953 ;)

[@justsomeguy3931]

According to "The Life and Times of the Shah," by Gholam Reza Afkhami and Wikipedia, "the first 3 bullets went through the shah's hat before he realized what was happening." With 1 head hit, 1 shoulder hit - I assume the assassin was hunting headshots but aiming too high. The hat shifted the "center of mass." Most people aim for brains. This is wrong. Ocular cavity is ideal. The gun jammed on the sixth shot. The assassin threw it at the shah, ran, and was killed by the bodyguards as short distance away. I can't find any information at all on what pistol he used. Since they say "jammed" it might be an auto-loader, but people use "jam" and "malfunction" and "click not bang" interchangeably and wrong all the time. If Nasser Fakhrarai was using a small caliber snub nosed pocket pistol (based on the year and bullet technology, he was almost certainly using FMJ or FN lead bullets, not HP), we can understand why the injuries would be not especially devastating. The bullets are likely to just go straight through, not create much of a temporary wound cavity, make a relatively small permanent wound cavity, and didn't hit any major organs or shatter major bones. With the bleeding of entry (and especially exit) wounds contained, the shah's odds would be pretty good. 80-85%+ of people shot with handguns in the US survive, getting to the hospital quick generally does the trick. Great work as always. Who is that a bust of on the right? Plato?

[@louise_rose]

"Ocular cavity" means shooting between the eyes? (the classic spot known from so many movies)

[@macgurkha1973]

OK

[@Republic_on_March]

Shouldn't you make video on liberation of Bangladesh. Pls make one

[@boxcarwillie3560]

The Donemeh march on!

[@k2jsk83]

David, less hand gestures would be awesome. (Just a suggestion.)

[@YuzuruHakushaku]

I should say body the peacock throne was for Qajar dynasy , the Pahlavi Dynasty used Nader and Marble thrones as you can see in Reza shah and Mohammad Reza shah coronations. you'r work is really great man i like it but still I'm waiting for Japanese parts...why Kings and Generals do not like Far eastern specially Japanese history?... one more thing, the strange thing about Shah is people love him and want his son back to the country! I think this is show Democratic or Liberal ways seen differently in different countries because they have different culturals.

[@fradafrada6276]

AWESOME WORLD the most of iranians want Shah back ,but when our Ayetollahs put out of at iran all the fucking westerns mafiosis , but not in this time , now our one enemys are westerns mafiosis not our dears Ayetollahs.

[@alireza5844]

I really appreciate England to remove the Shah! I say you honestly : Death 2 Pahlavi Dynasty! they plundered the south of Iran and killed many local leaders and people in the south. even they wanted to besiege the south to kill the people from starving! but fortunately we could kill all of Iranian troops in the south. the US knows it. from 1960's the US wanted to remove the Shah but they couldn't find any solutions. we in the south hate Tehran and Pahlavi Dynasty. in WW1 and WW2 Iranian didn't help the south at all. only the people of the south helped Dr. Mossadeq. before 1979 revolution most of cities in the south didn't have drinking water or even university. the first university in our city was established in 1994! Death 2 Iran :D Yes I'm from Iran :D even Iranians didn't fight against England in 1857, 1914,1915 and 1943 wars. I and other people here hope the US and England crush Tehran very soon. after that Tehran will be a garbage. even Kurd and Arabs hate Tehran.

[@robert-paulmccluskey7527]

Who the De Boer’s, Van Basten, Cruyff, Davids ect.....

[@harshgupta_india]

1:06 Wikipedia:- i didnt exist at that time

[@jstantongood5474]

Lese majesté sounds like the English word lays. It is not pronounced like laissé in laissé faire capitalism.

[@mayena]

Personally I think Operation Ajax 15-19/8/1953 was the precursor to the Iranian Revolution (7/1/1978-11/2/1979).

[@direconsequences5760]

Ur 110% correct.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

"...ongoing conflict in Korea." Is that the same as the police action in Viet Nam? If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.

[@mshahnazi7636]

With all due respect, please deliver your information correctly (which you do 95% of the time). The Director of CIA was Alan Welch Dulles not John Foster Dulles who at the time was United States’ Secretary of States. It can be confusing as they were brothers, however that is a MAJOR Distinction. Otherwise, Great Job as ALWAYS on your channel. Regards.

[@jamestang1227]

When will you cover the Indonesian National Revolution?

[@Oshin-en8nb]

Iran was Peaceful Country Iran was not enemy of any country and any country was not enemy of Iran Iran was a Poor Country that wanted it's own oil

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

This is what frustrates me the most about the conflict between America and Iran. There's no ideological clash, Iran isn't looking to actively overthrow the government of the United States like the USSR was, there's no border conflict, nor irreconcilable differences like Palestine and Israel, there's nothing. Sure Iran says "death to America" a lot and American politicians talk about bombing them, but wouldn't it be better for everyone if they just stopped it all? Oh wait, the US is reliant on the Saudi's for regional allies.

[@salokin3087]

Nah stealing UKs bussiness is probably bad

[@rayzas4885]

Iran really wasn’t a peaceful country as it got invaded like a billion times

[@saeedvazirian]

Iran is a peaceful country. The US isn't.

[@saeedvazirian]

@@TheDirtysouthfan no, the US is the terrorist here. You're a dumbass to think they're trustworthy.

[@beback_]

"Zahedi" is pronounced "Zahedi" not "Zakkhhkhhedi". "Toudeh" is pronounced "Toudeh" not "Toudekhkgkgkhhhkh".

[@andraslibal]

So Britain f*cked this one up as well.

[@ArmanM2]

This led to the revolution in 1979 To prevent something like this from happing again the shah decided to remove the parliament and gained the right to control everything himself. Over the years the people did not like this and wanted democracy. If he did not get rid of the parliment and kept the country democratic the country would not have faced the islamic revolution

[@ArmanM2]

@@derpjesus3468 I’m aware of everything you said. I’m also happy I agree with everything you said. I’m pro-shah and love the imperial state of Iran.

[@mrs.butterworth400]

@@ArmanM2 agreed

[@marmary5555]

@Kaz Miller the whole "1979 revolution" was a well planned CIA coup which started in the early 1970s. Khomeini was on their payroll.

[@tonyolsonn328]

@@marmary5555 Copium inhale

[@drex6476]

And now UK and US lecture the world about democracy!

[@ahsansher]

A lot of important details are missed. He is hiding so many facts.

[@Miniweet9167]

Pronounced : Layz majesté

[@MiladJP]

You should better watch Coup1953

[@marmary5555]

*Calling the whole incident a "coup" is a cliche showing that you have not delved deep into the subject, instead you have merely regurgitated the skewed historical accounts fabricated by the embiterred Tudé party and Western socialists over time.* The Persian/Iranian Constitution permitted the monarch to dismiss the prime minister in case of dissolution of the parliament which PM had ignominiously plotted to pull off. The rigging of Majlis (parliament) dissolution referendum is one example among many of how "democratically" Mossadeq acted throughout his populist office. Mossadeq received his dismissal letter from Shah 3 days before the incident which he refused. In response, he abolished the monarchy of the Pahlavi Dynasty. Bearing that in mind, Mossadeq had staged a *COUP against the monarch* before he was deposed by an *counter coup* on Aug 8, 1953. Spoiler alert: Mossadeq himself was a member of Qajar Dynasty royalty. Qajar Dynasty had been deposed by Shah's father, Reza Shah Pahlavi due to their sheer incompetence and the last Qâjâr Shah's constant negligence in conducting state affairs. Reality is you cannot form an informed opinion about the subject without referring to extant contemporary Persian documents and accounts that are not marred by pro-communist bias and Western media false narratives. Warning to the average audience: you are not learning historical facts by watching this episode. However, if you have a premeditation to denounce UK and the nascent CIA as culprits calling them out for communist-Islamist turmoil that occurred 26 years afterwards, carry on.

[@ritemolawbks8012]

It's not really from the host or writers of this show. The "CIA coup d'état" designation comes from the declassified documents connecting and confirming the US and British government role in the operation. The following is available on the Operation Ajax Wikipedia page and the documents from the CIA archives. --------- "CAMPAIGN TO INSTALL PRO-WESTERN GOVERNMENT IN IRAN." TARGET: Prime Minister Mossadeq and his government OBJECTIVES: Through legal, or quasi-legal, methods to effect the fall of the Mossadeq government; and To replace it with a pro-Western government under the Shah's leadership with Zahedi as its Prime Minister -----------

[@marmary5555]

@@ritemolawbks8012 these documents are obviously incomplete and the media omits the parts where Mossadegh was making deals with Ayatollah Bouroujerdi (who was anagent for the Brits and received funds by them)

[@ritemolawbks8012]

@@marmary5555 The information will always be incomplete, but that's a dramatic change in the way US and British involvement was covered in documentaries and the media. Before the CIA declassified the US involvement and US-UK business interest, it was considered to be mostly outlandish claims anti-Western Iranian revolutionaries and conspiracy theories.

[@marmary5555]

​@H K there's more to the story but calling it a "coup" and say Mosaadegh was "democratically elected" is an insane fallacy mostly used to demonize the King/Shah and glorify Mossadegh, who was actually an islamist in disguise.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

Mossadegh was an exceptional leader. A man of the people.

[@marmary5555]

Absolutely not. He was a British spy and close to Islamic terrorists such as Fedayeen Eslam.

[@jewiesnew3786]

Aaaaaaaannnd that's how make the Islamic Republic of Iran.

[@istoppedcaring6209]

hmm, is history repeating itsself, the last revolution technically started decades before truly exploding, and we do see 1 a totallitarian regime is in power, 2) the iranian people are at least as divided, 3 western powers are stopping oil tankers and threaths are flying around. and a growing division between left and right in the west and to a lesser extent the entire world furthermore political violence is up, and identity politics (of let us be honest, mainly the left, as in that the identitarians on the left are the mainstream, and those on the right are confined to the fringes) are making race politics a thing again, ( universities are openly advocating for forms of inversed apartheid with whites not allowed at certain places or events of/for mostly african americans, but also a one sided gender apartheid banning male only fraternities but allowing sororities to continuesly ban men) and judging from how the last 70 years were the first time (since the roman empire, but even then there were civil wars and invasions and it would not count anyway since the roman empire was pretty much continuesly at war aside from a few periods) that western europe was pretty much continuesly at peace (domesticly) it is not crazy to assume that period wil come to an end eventually, (though i do not believe it wil end in nations fighting, more likely a civil war over either religion or politics as we saw in spain in the 30s)

[@shahinrahmanian4269]

not very accurate but good as a prelude

[@dainironfoot5198]

What would you say wasn't accurate?

[@andersonchaves3363]

Decent content but all your videos are lacking the context of everything the CIA was doing in those countries. It's almost like u ignore the huge role and influence the CIA has in all these topics.

[@subashchandran7737]

It seems to me as if these channels were funded by us state department! Real shame if it were true

[@marmary5555]

In case of Mossadegh, the MI6 was more involved.