Did or did not England ask The United States of America for assistance in Iran multiple times before both the CIA AND MI6 installed the Shah into power?
Here's a timeline of events:
#1 England makes oil deal with Iran (then Persia) 1901
#2 Winston Churchill partially nationalizes the Anglo-Persian Oil Company 1913
#3 Iran wished to either renegotiate a deal with the APOC or allow for more countries to make use of their oil fields (for a price of course)
#4 A deal was not made and the Depression hit and left Iran earning a meager 366,782 pounds from their oil fields while at the same time being charged 1,000,000 pounds in taxes to the British Government (you never learn about taxes do you?). A drop in profits also left the Iranians feeling like they were getting shafted and Iran demanded the cancellation of the D'Arcy consession 1931-1932
#5 England was forced to renegotiate after their hearing at The Hauge faired poorly. The Iranians still didn't take advantage of their opportunity to cash in.
#6 The AIOC (formerly the APOC) under the Attlee government took 85% of the Iranian oil profits which lead to the 1951 nationalization of the Iranian oil fields.
#7 A 50/50 split of the profits was suggested and rejected by both the British and Iranian governments and direct negotiations between the two nations ceased.
#8 England thought of attempting a coup but as The United States was in the midst of the Korean War, President Harry Truman sided against it and refused to help the British. That being the case England began a blockade and embargo of Iran trying to force them to side in England's favor which virtually cut off any sale of Iranian oil.
#9 When President Eisenhower was elected England came back to the United States and instead of saying "This is in England's economic and colonial intrests to have a coup in Iran" as they did years before, this time they used an approach which played upon America's dislike of Communism.
#10 August 19, 1953 the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran was overthrown and the Ayatollah Koshani was placed into power.
I can't blame you for your confusion because I'll be damned if England knows fuck all about having ALLIES....but I guess you're finding out now aren't you ...."Oh did we DRAG you into a War?"......"Ooops, our bad"![]()


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