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>The next day, on August 19, 1953, with the aid of “rented” crowds widely believed to have been arranged with CIA assistance, the coup succeeded I searched the

>The next day, on August 19, 1953, with the aid of “rented” crowds widely believed to have been arranged with CIA assistance, the coup succeeded I searched the article and its reference for any details on the mechanics of this "coup." Zilch. WSJ has an article today, in fact, about it. Mossadegh was not "democratically elected." There was massive opposition to him inside Iran. The UK was opposed to him, of course. As for the "rented" crowds: evidence please?

behnamoh 3y ago
> There was massive opposition to him inside Iran. The clergy were against him because their agenda didn't align with his progressive one.
mzi 3y ago
> Mossadegh was not "democratically elected." There was massive opposition to him inside Iran. See also: presidents of the United States of America There is no contradiction between democratically elected and domestic opposition. Quite the contrary.
- localplume 3y ago
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psychphysic 3y ago
> There was massive opposition to him inside Iran. Massive opposition does not mean not democratically elected. Trump case in point. Btw, "Shah" means king. Iran had deposed a monsrch, that was part of why the Brits did not like it.
k1m 3y ago
A lot more info here: https://declassifieduk.org/iran-1953-mi6-plots-with-islamists-to-overthrow-democracy/ https://declassifieduk.org/iran-1953-mi6-plots-with-islamist... > IRAN 1953: MI6 PLOTS WITH ISLAMISTS TO OVERTHROW DEMOCRACY > Declassified British files highlight a little known aspect of the joint MI6/CIA coup against Iran’s democratically elected government in August 1953 – UK covert action in support of leading radical Shia Islamists, the predecessors of Ayatollah Khomeini.
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  After WW II, the UK didn't have the power to overthrow anyone. They were ruined by two world wars. You seem to have confused "intent" with "ability." That's why in 1956, the UK and France had to humiliatingly climb down from the Suez operation. Eisenhower just said, nope, nope and that was it.
  - desas 3y ago
    The UK could overthrow lots of places still, so long as the US didn't disagree with it.
  - PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
    Ah right, because 3 years later the UK couldn't mount an actual military operation in Egypt, without the assistance of the USA, there's no way that they and the US could have helped a coup take place in 1953.
    - AlbertCory 3y ago
      I still haven't seen any details of how they supposedly did it. Was it by magic, or what?
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behnamoh 3y ago

> There was massive opposition to him inside Iran. The clergy were against him because their agenda didn't align with his progressive one.

mzi 3y ago

> Mossadegh was not "democratically elected." There was massive opposition to him inside Iran. See also: presidents of the United States of America There is no contradiction between democratically elected and domestic opposition. Quite the contrary.

localplume 3y ago
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mu53 3y ago

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psychphysic 3y ago

> There was massive opposition to him inside Iran. Massive opposition does not mean not democratically elected. Trump case in point. Btw, "Shah" means king. Iran had deposed a monsrch, that was part of why the Brits did not like it.

k1m 3y ago

A lot more info here: https://declassifieduk.org/iran-1953-mi6-plots-with-islamists-to-overthrow-democracy/ https://declassifieduk.org/iran-1953-mi6-plots-with-islamist... > IRAN 1953: MI6 PLOTS WITH ISLAMISTS TO OVERTHROW DEMOCRACY > Declassified British files highlight a little known aspect of the joint MI6/CIA coup against Iran’s democratically elected government in August 1953 – UK covert action in support of leading radical Shia Islamists, the predecessors of Ayatollah Khomeini.

AlbertCory 3y ago
After WW II, the UK didn't have the power to overthrow anyone. They were ruined by two world wars. You seem to have confused "intent" with "ability." That's why in 1956, the UK and France had to humiliatingly climb down from the Suez operation. Eisenhower just said, nope, nope and that was it.
- desas 3y ago
  The UK could overthrow lots of places still, so long as the US didn't disagree with it.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
  Ah right, because 3 years later the UK couldn't mount an actual military operation in Egypt, without the assistance of the USA, there's no way that they and the US could have helped a coup take place in 1953.
  - AlbertCory 3y ago
    I still haven't seen any details of how they supposedly did it. Was it by magic, or what?

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