Why did the 1979 Iranian Revolution happen? Why the current hostilities?
History: In 1953 a coup happened in Iran which over-threw democratically elected President Mosaddegh and installed the Shah as dictator. Funded by the United States and the United Kingdom, it removed Mohammad Mosaddegh from power and restored the dictatorship of Shah Pahlavi as Iran’s leader. Some 300 people died during fighting in Tehrān.
Mosaddegh was imprisoned for three years and then lived the rest of his life under house arrest. It is generally agreed today that the 1953 coup sowed the seeds for the Islamic Revolution of 1979, in which the shah was overthrown and went into exile. In 2013 the CIA formally disclosed its role in the coup.
If the U.S. and U.K. had not over-thrown democratically elected Iranian President Mosaddegh then the Islamic revolution would never have happened. LESSON: Don't overthrow democratically elected governments. Don't interfere in the internal affairs of foreign countries.
Now we need to get the diplomats together at a table and TALK.
Mosaddegh was imprisoned for three years and then lived the rest of his life under house arrest. It is generally agreed today that the 1953 coup sowed the seeds for the Islamic Revolution of 1979, in which the shah was overthrown and went into exile. In 2013 the CIA formally disclosed its role in the coup.
If the U.S. and U.K. had not over-thrown democratically elected Iranian President Mosaddegh then the Islamic revolution would never have happened. LESSON: Don't overthrow democratically elected governments. Don't interfere in the internal affairs of foreign countries.
Now we need to get the diplomats together at a table and TALK.
