It's been 2 weeks. Exchange of punches between Iran and Israel and the USA, which constitutes a fresh chapter in the past of the long conflict between these countries. This time Tel Aviv and Washington were liable for the escalation, but it is not essential to remind us that Iran, as a brutal dictatorship ruled by spiritual fundamentalists, is an perfect enemy, and attacks on it are comparatively easy justified.
Among president Trump's supporters (but not only) there were slogans about the “liberation” of Iran, the overthrow of the government there and the replacement of the “right” dynasty of Pahlawich. As always on specified occasions, photographs of Persian streets before the muslim Revolution are made available, suggesting the idyllicity of Iran at the time.
However, the fact is that Iran Pahlawich was besides a bloody dictatorship, and better PR is mainly due to the pro-Western ruling position. In fact, the Americans had a large share in destroying the fledgling democracy and placing Iran on the way to the power of the Ayatollahs.
When Iran got out of control
In order to trace the process leading to the muslim Revolution, we must go back at least until 1951. The Prime Minister was then Mohammad Mosaddegh, an influential social democratic politician and multiple minister in the pre-intronization of the Pahlawich dynasty in the mid-1920s, followed by a critic of increasing authoritarianism, by which he had to quit prematurely. He returned to parliament after an English-Soviet invasion in 1941 – it aimed to master an crucial strategically crucial Iran, but its side effect was democratisation. Absolutely ruling chess was banished, and in his place was the inexperienced Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, initially incapable to follow his father.
Meanwhile, Mosaddegh became known as a leading advocate of national sovereignty, including, among another things, regaining control of the valuable deposits over which the British mainly held at the time through the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, 1 of the precursors of modern BP. On the anti-colonial platform, the Mosaddegha National Front gained large popularity, and after taking control of the government, it embarked on its vision.
One of Mosaddegh's first moves was the nationalization of AIOC, which led to a conflict with Britain and the imposition of a trade embargo on Iran. Despite the economical problems involved, the Prime Minister besides embarked on ambitious social reforms, headed by agricultural improvement to change practically feudal relations in the countryside. global tensions so reinforced the dispute with conservative elites, whose Mosaddegha's agenda seemed to be double dangerous. In consequence to the dark clouds over it, the Prime Minister ordered an accelerated parliamentary election.
They were not free from controversy. The royalist elites along with abroad intelligence supported conservative candidates and attempted to manipulate the vote, but Mosaddegh besides did not play completely clean. First of all, he decided to halt counting votes at the time erstwhile Parliament reached the required quorum so as not to hazard taking the majority of the National Front by taking account of the results from the more provincial single-mandate districts – the Prime Minister felt they were besides manipulated by abroad agents. Nevertheless, the 1952 elections were to be the last specified democratic vote in Iran's past to date. Among another things, Western powers have done so.
The CIA is moving in.
In the following months, pressured by British, American, but besides local chess elites unsuccessfully attempted to dismiss the Prime Minister. erstwhile he did this, mass demonstrations forced Mosaddegha to be reinstated immediately. Following this victory, the leader of the National Front attempted to consolidate his power, while the CIA and MI6 began the operation to take it away. abroad intelligence organized a propaganda run against the Prime Minister and built an anti-government coalition of court, military and spiritual leaders. After years The American agency admitted that its action was anti-democratic.
On August 15, 1953, the coup began. Mosadegh had learned about this plan before and was prepared. He did not take another resignation, arrested a number of conspirators and mobilized his supporters, who went crowded on the streets. The next day, erstwhile chess fled the country, the Prime Minister seemed to have emerged victorious from this test of strength. Mosaddegh, who shared this belief, ordered pro-government protesters to return to their homes, which proved to be a burden of error, as the local CIA cell did not lay down a weapon despite orders from Washington to halt the operation.
In the following days, the Americans flooded the streets of Tehran with copies of Pahlawa's decree resigning Prime Minister, inciting local royalists. At the same time, they generously distributed bribes that reached military but besides spiritual leaders specified as Ayatollah Behbahani. The second played a key function in these events, mobilising the spiritual Iranians to take part in protests against the Mosaddegh government, along with supporters of chess and anti-communists, fearing the alleged emergence of the communist Tude party.
As a consequence of an extended agitation campaign, crowds appeared again on the streets on August 19, but this time the government's opponents dominated, supported by the military that left the barracks. There was a clash with the leftist, but the Prime Minister yet resigned his effort to choice up his supporters to fight to avoid further bloodshed. He surrendered to the military, which meant the end of his dream of sovereign democracy for Iran. Oil extraction was again entrusted to western corporations, and a 4th century later social discontent found a way out in support of a political task different from that of Mosadegh, who in the meantime died under home arrest.
A Revolution That Became Islamic
After the winning coup, Pahlavi began to regulation hard. From that minute on, only his supporters sat in parliament, and the CIA-led secret police (SAWAK) planted fear in the hearts of the Iranians. Thousands of them were victims of political murders, even more were tortured and imprisoned in Sawaku executioners. This did not disturb the Americans, due to the fact that the chess was anti-communist and pro-Western at the same time, and the brutality of its power hid behind the veil of the "white revolution", that is, the program of modernization of the country. For many Iranians, the apparent liberalisation contained in this only grossed all progressive ideas, which in turn strengthened Islamists as the most influential opposition. The opposition to the reigning dictatorship was symbolized by Ruhollah Chomejni in exile.
This all led in 1979 to a revolution that united all the enemy forces of Pahlav, from communists to spiritual fundamentalists. It was only after the fact that the adjective “Islamic” was added due to the fact that in the following months and years the second proved to be the strongest. Gradually, they subjugated the full state, and erstwhile Sawaku officers found themselves in fresh institutions, liable for repression against opponents of the muslim regime. The Ayatollah Republic was, of course, besides a extremist anti-Western state, and to this day we feel the effects.
This did not give emergence to a deeper reflection in the American rulers. In the meantime, this kind of intervention in the interior policy of another countries has already become a regular bread for the CIA. Just a year after Mosaddegh's overthrow, a akin operation was carried out in Guatemala, leading to the establishment of a dictatorship and a further possible of the outbreak of a long-term civilian war that cost the lives of a 4th of a million people. There are dozens more examples from all corners of the globe. – and Americans inactive cannot realize why a large part of the planet hates them.
