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Congratulations to the #Coup53 documentary film-makers - a genuine tour de force, revealing the leading role played by the UK’s security services in the 1953 coup to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iran’s democratically elected PM - a dirty tricks operation signed off by Churchill!
The 1953 coup in Iran has been a blueprint for subsequent coups that have been repeatedly used against democratic govts.
#Coup53 has chilling echoes of the dirty tricks used against Corbyn and his allies, which would have undoubtedly intensified had he actually got into power.
#Coup53 has chilling echoes of the dirty tricks used against Corbyn and his allies, which would have undoubtedly intensified had he actually got into power.
Today is the anniversary of #Coup53 that ousted PM Mohammed Mosaddeq from power in #Iran. The coup was planned by the CIA with help from UK intelligence and Iranian supporters.
Why did the US undertake this plan, when so many doubted its chances of success? A thread 1/
Why did the US undertake this plan, when so many doubted its chances of success? A thread 1/
Mosaddeq was an ardent nationalist determined to free Iran from foreign control. Yet he was also a secular constitutionalist who believed in the rule of law, parliamentary democracy, and reducing Iran’s monarch, the shah, to a strictly limited constitutional role. 2/
Mosaddeq became prime minister on April 29, 1951. He assumed power on the condition that Iran’s parliament vote on his bill to nationalize the country’s British-owned oil industry. This bill passed the house and was signed by the shah on May 1. 3/
