Mohammad Mosaddegh[a] (
Persian: محمد مصدق; IPA:
[mohæmˈmæd(-e) mosædˈdeɣ] (
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16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967), was an Iranian politician. He was the democratically elected[5][6][7] Prime Minister ofIran from 1951 until 1953, when his government was overthrown in a coup d'état aided by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency and the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service.[8][9]
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This is not the truth.
I recommend the book by Dr. Abbas Milani ....he is he Director of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University. His recent book is “The Shah,” is based on ten years studying the archives of the United States and of Britain.
1. The Shah was in power between 1941 and 1979. The true explanation of the Mossadeq unseating is neither that of the Royalists who claimed it was due to a national uprising, nor was it, as Mossadeq’s followers claimed, a CIA plot.
a. Due to the American pressure, the Shah launched a series of reforms, known as the White Revolution, in 1963. This included many American ideas for modernization, such as a) land reform, b) modernization of infrastructure including railroads, c) education, d) enfranchising women, e) urbanization, f) encouragement of a class of technocrats and competent bureaucrats, etc. tried (unsuccessfully) to enable Iran’s religious minorities—principally Baha’is, Jews, and Christians—to take the oath of office on a holy book of their own choosing.
b. The conservative clergy viewed the White Revolution as an affront to Islam and a dangerous move toward Western modernity: Ayatollah Khomeini immediately denounced the proposed reforms, led the clerical opposition
2. Go back to the first time the Shah was overthrown by a democratically elected Parliment under the leadership of Mosedeq.
Mossadegh didn't exactly overthrow the Shah. He managed to wrest considerable power away from the Shah, but the Shah remained the Shah throughout the entire event. Furthermore, Mossadegh himself was appointed prime minister by the parliament upon recommendation of the Shah himself.
Parliament did not change. Only Mossadegh, the prime minister, was deposed. He was elected by parliament (which remained after he was deposed), not by any popular vote. And constitutionally, his dismissal was arguably within the Shah's power anyways.
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Due to the unrest and criticisms, Mossadeq decided to dismiss the parliament; without any constitutional or legal basis. His supporters warned him that this would allow the Shah to make recess appointments, including the Prime Ministers. He didn’t believe that the Shah would do it….he was wrong. On August 13th, 1953 the Shah signed the decree which removed Mossadeq with General Fazollah Zehedi. “When pro-Shah soldiers went to arrest Mossadegh, they instead were captured.”
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