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I'm sorry you feel that way - as you've been group-thinked into historical revisionism from a certain far-right 'fake news' point of view.
The reality is Britain did not like Iran nationalising their OWN oil - oil the British thought belonged to the British.
So they got the Americans and world community to throw Iran into economic turmoil by boycotting Iranian oil.
The thing escalated until Mossadegh was taking desperate measures to keep the nation under control against the outside pressure.
It's sort of argument (with an important difference!) that Trump supporters use to justify HIS harsh actions. "It's an emergency, the refugees are a threat to national security and our democracy, they're eating the dogs, etc etc etc so the President is JUSTIFIED in getting the National Guard involved, etc." Just wait until the Mid-Terms. I have educated friends who think Trump will declare an emergency then, declare them fraudulent, and get the Guard involved, etc. Or somehow work ICE into the mix.
But there's a difference. While Trump massively exaggerates and sometimes outright LIES about the "emergencies" America is facing (like Portland being a warzone, etc) - the Iranian economy WAS under significant attack by the global sanctions.
So yes - Mosaddegh's consolidation of power was unconstitutional.
It was an emergency, and the country had only been in that state for a few months.
It's not like they had been a dictatorial state for generations as they have now! Who is to say WHAT would have happened if the outside world had left them alone and let their economy recover? The courts may have yet prevailed, and internal forces restored democratic rule.
But we will NEVER KNOW will we?
Because British and American oil interests were more pressing.
The country was starting to collapse due to VERY REAL outside pressure, and so Mosaddegh did his thing - and then MI6 and the CIA felt entirely justified to do their thang! The Shah took over, the Iranians hated the Shah, and the rest - as they say - is history.
From the Wiki:
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. In the months preceding the coup, Mosaddegh had consolidated power by orchestrating an unconstitutional referendum to dissolve parliament that was widely described as fraudulent, and he later refused to step down after the Shah exercised his constitutional authority to dismiss him as prime minister. It was instigated by the United Kingdom (MI6), under the name Operation Boot[5][6][7][8] and the United States (CIA), under the name TP-AJAX Project[9] or Operation Ajax. A key motive was to protect British oil interests in Iran after Mosaddegh nationalized the country's oil industry.[10][11][12]
Mosaddegh had sought to audit the documents of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), a British corporation (now part of BP), to verify that AIOC was paying the contracted royalties to Iran, and to limit their control over Iranian oil reserves.[13] Upon the AIOC's refusal to cooperate with the Iranian government, the parliament (Majlis) voted to nationalize Iran's oil industry and to expel foreign corporate representatives from the country.[14][15][16] After this vote, Britain instigated a worldwide boycott of Iranian oil to pressure Iran economically.[17] Initially, Britain mobilized its military to seize control of the British-built Abadan oil refinery, then the world's largest, but Prime Minister Clement Attlee opted instead to tighten the economic boycott[18] while using agents to undermine Mosaddegh's government.[19]: 3 Judging Mosaddegh to be unamenable and fearing the growing influence of the communist Tudeh, UK prime minister Winston Churchill decided in early 1953 to solicit the Eisenhower administration and overthrow Iran's government. The preceding Truman administration had opposed a coup, fearing the precedent that Central Intelligence Agency involvement would set,[19]: 3 and the U.S. government had been considering unilateral action (without UK support) to assist the Mosaddegh government as late as 1952.[20][21][22] British intelligence and the UK government's solicitations to the US were instrumental in initiating and planning the coup.
en.wikipedia.org
1953 Iranian coup d'état - Wikipedia
Meanwhile Trump continues to declare wars without consulting Congress. Are you happy that Trump can grab war-time emergency powers any time he declares a war or emergency? Are you happy that from a centuries perspective, someone as unwell as Trump - with hundreds of psychiatrists declaring he has NPD - has access to more Presidential powers than any President before him?
How close to the fall of the Republic do we have to be for the Republican party steps in and says "Not in OUR name!"
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