by Michel Chossudovsky, Michel Chossudovsky:
History of Anglo-American Colonialism (1909-2024)
This article is a followup of my earlier article entitled
“U.S. and Western Allies Support the Genocide. Israel’s Role in U.S.-NATO War Against Iran” (October 2024)
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1951. The Mossadegh Project. The Nationalization of the the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC). Act of Parliament leading to the formation of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).
Mohammad Mosaddegh, a member of the Majlis (Parliament) for the National Front became Prime Minister of Iran in 1951. This was a secular government.
Two years of parliamentary democracy (1951-53)
The 1953 CIA-MI6 Coup d’Etat against the democratically elected (secular) government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh.
The coup was led by Richard Helm and Frank Gardner Wisner (image below).
The CIA-MI6 Sponsored Coup led to the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh who was first imprisoned and then put under house arrest until his death in 1967.
In the wake of Mosaddegh’s overthrough, the monarchy was reinstated under the helm of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah
The unspoken objective of the Coup d’Etat was to appropriate Iran’s National Oil company on behalf of the Anglo-American oil companies.
1954: The Shah signs a 25 year Consortium Agreement of 1954 (Persian: قرارداد کنسرسیوم) with British and American Oil Companies. This was a de facto act of recolonization (sponsored by the CIA and British Intelligence).
“dividing the aforementioned 50% ownership to foreign companies as follows. 40% to be divided equally (8% each) among the five major American companies; British Petroleum to have a 40% share; Royal Dutch/Shell to have 14%; and Compagnie Française des Pétroles (CFP),to receive 6%.
The U.S. sponsored coup d’Etat led to the formation of a military government. General Fazlollah Zahedi was appointed prime minister by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
1977-79 Iran’s Mass Movement was to restore Democracy and unseat Shah Palhavi
16 January 1979 Shah Palhavi and his family goes into exile.
Two weeks later on 1 February 1979, The Ayatollah Khomeini who was exiled in France returns to Teheran.
This was a carefully planned intelligence operation.
The CIA’s objective was to destabilize the secular government and install an Islamic State.
“The documents clearly show that Khomeini was less heroic, and far craftier, behind the scenes,” Fattahi said. “He quietly courted the US government, making all kinds of promises about the future of core US interests in Iran.”
“The documents are significant because they show Khomeini’s legacy is complicated, as it involves the ayatollah courting two US presidents behind the scenes. They illustrate a pattern of behaviour – that Khomeini at critical moments during his long struggle for an Islamic republic, secretly engaged what he would call ‘the Great Satan’.”
Gary Sick, a member of the National Security Council staff during the period of the Iranian revolution, said “the documents are genuine” but to the best of his knowledge he never saw the CIA study about the 1963 contact, and had no knowledge of the alleged communication. (The Guardian)
It was a CIA sponsored Islamic State.
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