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Originally Posted by AlienQ
SultanOfSMut -
I read the same thing you did.
Yup the CIA was on it, so was British MI6.
However the 3rd element not seriously taken as a factor in the whole thing were the Islamic religeous "Agents" at work as well. The Islamic Religeon was underestimated.
Look who won that...
The Islamic Fundamentalists of course!
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I read that when the people of the region expressed a desire to share in the profits from the sale of their one resource the British threw a tantrum and blocked all shipments of oil causing the economy to collapse and poverty to flourish. At that point the US and Britain worked to encite an anti-parlimentary sentiment which led to the overthrow of a democratically elected government and installation of a monarchy once again. The Shah then opened the door for foreign oil companies and it was business as usual until 1979; the rest we all know about.