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<blockquote data-quote="newfie" data-source="post: 6032016" data-attributes="member: 58700">you&#039;re putting your own spin on this issue to overstate the US involvement. While both the US and Britain were involved in the 1953 coup in Iran, it&#039;s generally accepted that the British were the initial instigators.Here&#039;s why:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">British interests: The primary motivation behind the coup was the nationalization of Iran&#039;s oil industry by Prime Minister Mosaddegh. This directly threatened British economic interests, as the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), later known as BP, had been controlling Iran&#039;s oil resources.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Initial proposal:&nbsp; The British initially proposed the idea of a coup to the US during the Truman administration. However, Truman declined to participate.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">US involvement: When Eisenhower took office, the British again pushed for the coup, and the US, under the new administration and with concerns about Soviet influence, agreed to participate.</li>
</ul>Therefore, while the US ultimately played a crucial role in executing the coup through the CIA&#039;s Operation Ajax, the initial idea and the primary motivation came from the British. They were the ones who felt most threatened by Mosaddegh&#039;s policies and actively sought to remove him from power.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="newfie, post: 6032016, member: 58700"] you're putting your own spin on this issue to overstate the US involvement. While both the US and Britain were involved in the 1953 coup in Iran, it's generally accepted that the [B]British were the initial instigators.[/B] Here's why: [LIST] [*][B]British interests:[/B] The primary motivation behind the coup was the nationalization of Iran's oil industry by Prime Minister Mosaddegh. This directly threatened British economic interests, as the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), later known as BP, had been controlling Iran's oil resources. [*][B]Initial proposal:[/B] The British initially proposed the idea of a coup to the US during the Truman administration. However, Truman declined to participate. [*][B]US involvement:[/B] When Eisenhower took office, the British again pushed for the coup, and the US, under the new administration and with concerns about Soviet influence, agreed to participate. [/LIST] Therefore, while the US ultimately played a crucial role in executing the coup through the CIA's Operation Ajax, the initial idea and the primary motivation came from the British. They were the ones who felt most threatened by Mosaddegh's policies and actively sought to remove him from power. [/QUOTE]

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