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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
by 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 agoAfter 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 agoThe UK could overthrow lots of places still, so long as the US didn't disagree with it.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoAh 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 agoI still haven't seen any details of how they supposedly did it. Was it by magic, or what?