The 1953 Iranian Coup D'état

"On 19 August 1953, Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a coup d'état that strengthened the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. It was instigated by the United Kingdom (MI6), under the name Operation Boot and the United States (CIA), under the name TP-AJAX Project or Operation Ajax. A key motive was to protect British oil interests in Iran after Mosaddegh nationalized the country's oil industry."

Basically, since the democratically elected and widely popular prime minister of Iran passed a bill that said "Iran's oil no longer belongs to the private companies of Britian, it belongs to Iran". and so they killed that guy. America helped. He was replaced with a pro-western dictator.

The 1953 Iranian Coup D'état

"On 19 August 1953, Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a coup d'état that strengthened the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. It was instigated by the United Kingdom (MI6), under the name Operation Boot and the United States (CIA), under the name TP-AJAX Project or Operation Ajax. A key motive was to protect British oil interests in Iran after Mosaddegh nationalized the country's oil industry."
Basically, since the democratically elected and widely popular prime minister of Iran passed a bill that said "Iran's oil no longer belongs to the private companies of Britian, it belongs to Iran". and so they killed that guy. America helped. He was replaced with a pro-western dictator.

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