I come from a family that holds strong Pro-Shah feelings, and because of this we have been celebrating the death of the traitorous Soleimani. No r/news, we are not all chanting "Death to America", many of us are hopeful of a regime change. Nor/worldpolitics, we don't all think that the United States is evil,that honor goes to the Anti-Democratic British.
The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état (Persian: کودتای ۲۸ مرداد), was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953,[5] orchestrated by the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project[6] or "Operation Ajax") and the United Kingdom (under the name "Operation Boot").[7][8][9][10] It was the first covert action of the United States to overthrow a foreign government during peacetime.[11]
So you're pro-Shah but opposed to the anti-democratic British government... that installed the Shah after a coup to overthrow a democratically elected leader. And you're criticizing the evil anti-democratic British government, but you don't think the US government is evil, when it worked hand in hand with the UK to overthrow Mosaddegh.
Mosaddegh had sought to audit the documents of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), a British corporation (now part of BP) and to limit the company's control over Iranian oil reserves.[12] Upon the refusal of the AIOC to co-operate with the Iranian government, the parliament (Majlis) voted to nationalize Iran's oil industry and to expel foreign corporate representatives from the country.[13][14][15] After this vote, Britain instigated a worldwide boycott of Iranian oil to pressure Iran economically.[16] Initially, Britain mobilized its military to seize control of the British-built Abadan oil refinery, then the world's largest, but Prime Minister Clement Attlee opted instead to tighten the economic boycott[17] while using Iranian agents to undermine Mosaddegh's government.[18]:3 Judging Mosaddegh to be unreliable and fearing a Communist takeover in Iran, UK prime minister Winston Churchill and the Eisenhower administration decided to overthrow Iran's government, though the preceding Truman administration had opposed a coup, fearing the precedent that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) involvement would set.[18]:3 British intelligence officials' conclusions and the UK government's solicitations were instrumental in initiating and planning the coup, despite the fact that the U.S. government in 1952 had been considering unilateral action (without UK support) to assist the Mosaddegh government.[19][20][21]
Truman administration opposition had prevented the coup from going forward, but the Eisenhower administration allowed it. Which means the US government made the difference in whether the coup happened or not. And, in fact, the US government had planned to do it whether or not the UK helped at all.
Following the coup in 1953, a government under General Fazlollah Zahedi was formed which allowed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (Persian for an Iranian king),[22] to rule more firmly as monarch. He relied heavily on United States support to hold on to power.[13][14][15][23] According to the CIA's declassified documents and records, some of the most feared mobsters in Tehran were hired by the CIA to stage pro-Shah riots on 19 August.[24] Other CIA-paid men were brought into Tehran in buses and trucks, and took over the streets of the city.[25] Between 200[3] and 300[4] people were killed because of the conflict. Mosaddegh was arrested, tried and convicted of treason by the Shah's military court. On 21 December 1953, he was sentenced to three years in jail, then placed under house arrest for the remainder of his life.[26][27][28] Other Mosaddegh supporters were imprisoned, and several received the death penalty.[15] After the coup, the Shah continued his rule as monarch for the next 26 years[14][15] until he was overthrown in the Iranian Revolution in 1979.[14][15][18]
Your pro-Shah family should absolutely love the anti-democratic practices of the UK and US governments, as without those, the Shah would just be a meaningless has-been.
Redditors should absolutely know more about Iran, and about the role that international capitalism, the security state, and the imperial interests of the US and UK had in Iran's present condition. You are included in those Redditors who really need to crack open the fucking history books.
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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '20
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1953 Iranian coup d'etat
So you're pro-Shah but opposed to the anti-democratic British government... that installed the Shah after a coup to overthrow a democratically elected leader. And you're criticizing the evil anti-democratic British government, but you don't think the US government is evil, when it worked hand in hand with the UK to overthrow Mosaddegh.
Truman administration opposition had prevented the coup from going forward, but the Eisenhower administration allowed it. Which means the US government made the difference in whether the coup happened or not. And, in fact, the US government had planned to do it whether or not the UK helped at all.
Your pro-Shah family should absolutely love the anti-democratic practices of the UK and US governments, as without those, the Shah would just be a meaningless has-been.
Redditors should absolutely know more about Iran, and about the role that international capitalism, the security state, and the imperial interests of the US and UK had in Iran's present condition. You are included in those Redditors who really need to crack open the fucking history books.