Mosaddegh

In 1953, the CIA orchestrated a coup d'état against the democratically elected Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, who had sought to nationalise the country's oil reserves and use the revenues for poverty alleviation and national development.

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Mosaddegh did 99.9 percent the vote of the Aug. 4, 1953 referendum.which was not a secret ballot and on Aug. 16, he dissolved Parliament and then gave himself 'emergency powers', allowing him to rule by decree.

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The Central Intelligence Agency pressured the weak monarch while bribing street thugs, clergy, politicians and Iranian army officers to take part in a propaganda campaign against Mosaddegh and his government.

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You are of course right about Mosaddegh, Monitor2010

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Only on Aug. 19, was Mosaddegh was rounded up by the head of states forces, supported by the CIA.

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Most Americans know little of Iran's 2,500 year history, its proud culture or the role played by the CIA in toppling the democratically elected the Mosaddegh government in 1953 that wanted to nationalize the country's oil instead of being forced to allow the West to exploit it.

Danny Schechter: Hostage to the Past: Visiting the Former US Embassy in Iran Danny Schechter 2010

Most Americans know little of Iran's 2,500 year history, its proud culture or the role played by the CIA in toppling the democratically elected the Mosaddegh government in 1953 that wanted to nationalize the country's oil instead of being forced to allow the West to exploit it.

Danny Schechter: Hostage to the Past: Visiting the Former US Embassy in Iran Danny Schechter 2010

Most Americans know little of Iran's 2,500 year history, its proud culture or the role played by the CIA in toppling the democratically elected the Mosaddegh government in 1953 that wanted to nationalize the country's oil instead of being forced to allow the West to exploit it.

Danny Schechter: Hostage to the Past: Visiting the Former US Embassy in Iran Danny Schechter 2010

Most Americans know little of Iran's 2,500 year history, its proud culture or the role played by the CIA in toppling the democratically elected the Mosaddegh government in 1953 that wanted to nationalize the country's oil instead of being forced to allow the West to exploit it.

Danny Schechter: Hostage to the Past: Visiting the Former US Embassy in Iran Danny Schechter 2010

I don't know if democracy in Egypt will be successful but I'm pretty sure that without the stooge figure of Mubarak and a more Narrite figure Islamism would have never risen and if the yanks stuck with Mosaddegh the Iranian revolution would have never happened.

The Guardian World News Amos Harel 2011