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The United States’ relationship with Iran has a long and turbulent history dating back to 1953, when the British engineered and the CIA executed a coup in Iran that overthrew the regime of the elected prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, because he had planned to nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.1 Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was installed as the Shah of Iran; he did the bidding of, and granted concessions to both the British and American oil companies. Unfortunately, the Shah was an unpopular ruler, and his reign was detested by the public due to his arbitrary rules, his self-indulgence, and his self-importance, in disregard of people’s needs. He also created a network of intelligence and security services that brutally crushed any dissent2 and many other such excesses; eventually his behaviour led to a popular uprising against him.
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Zaki, M.M. (2011). Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions. In: American Global Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119116_8
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