The Iranian PM was not a communist at all but because of the nationalism of its oil, the western powers portrayed him as a communist and planning to ally fully with the Soviet Union.
He was also planning and orchestrated an illegal invasion of Cuba while he was in office, Authorized the CIA to overthrow Guatemalas elected government and lent full support to the military junta of Castillo Armas that sparked a civil war that led to the deaths of over 200,000 innocent mayans, along with the socioeconomic collapse in the region that to this day hasnt recovered, which is one of the biggest reasons for the migration crisises going on today.
@@Josh93B93 Where did you get that nonsense from? The Guatemalan Civil War came about when communist sympathisers in the military started a coup, failed, then began fighting a dirty war where they enlisted as many landless and poor as they could use as cannon fodder. Your death numbers are also a lie. The entire war is estimated to have killed 140-200K people, so the claim of over 200K Mayan background Guatemalans is nonsensical. And if you look at which murderous groups backed the unrest, you can pretty much see what destroyed Middle America: Socialism did. With the agressive colonialist Cuban regime stepping in, as well as Salvadorean terrorists and Nicaragua before they elected a non-left government. They've never been able to leave well enough alone, from the FARC in Colombia to the Zapatistas in Mexico.
He was by no means communist, but he was completely surrounded by communists. Had the Shah failed, they would have been able to easily replace Mosadegh government with a communist one.
Nope none ever thought nor portrayed him as a communist, as the video explains and as most historic records we have the issue started by the vulnerable position he was during a turmoil and the fact that a lot of his followers were pro USSR. Also USSR was a lot more active in his party than the video suggests and this is more complex than just throwing the west into the mix. Iran was a front that was attacked internally from every front.
These crimes were ignored while in the news everyday calling Iranians were terrorists. Who are the terrorists actually with regard of looking this piece of history?
The iranians that were trying to install a theocracy in the 50's evolved into Al Qaeda, ISIS, and other smaller groups. These groups have always, at the core of their nature, been terrorist organizations. The CIA is still guilty of this disgusting act however lets not pretend terrorism wouldn't have happened without it.
As long as a government is friendly with US interest, the ruling regime is touted as legitimate and righteous - even if said government does not represent the will of the people. People in the modern day are still yet to learn this lesson.
@@scottkrater2131Indeed, the difference is (from my perspective) that one side claims moral superiority. In fact I would go as far as to say they delude themselves into believing their own lies.
@MrCristianposso The current government in the Kremlin is no better than the nahtzis. Kyiv is most definitely in the right. Established by the UN that said no nation should invade another. The Kremlin violated it's own promises to respect their sovereignty after Kyiv gave up their nuclear weapons.
I remember reading a book back in 2008 called, "All the Shah's Men," or something like that. I think the argument was Britain and especially BP manipulated the U.S. in to overthrowing Mosaddegh by indicating he was a communist since he wanted to nationalizs the oil industry and not have businesses like BP control the oil fields. Its been years since I read that book so I may be off on the arguememt.
The information, pronunciation, research, and even the photos are simply amazing. Thank you RTH for making a video about an important yet often overlooked part of contemporary history.
There are many inaccuracies in the video. It doesn't even mention how Mossadegh became the PM in the first place. Long story short, Islamist extremists had to assassinate the previous PM to open the door for Mossadegh to become the PM. Prior to this assassination, the House Majority were against nationalization of the oil company because it would have not served Iran's interest as it was guaranteed to fail as Iran had neither the technology nor the capital to run the company independently, let alone British opposition and further blockades. However, hardliners aren't satisfied by reason, so they had to end PM Razmara's life to pave the way for Mossadegh and the nationalization of the oil company. After the assassination of the actually democratically elected PM Razmara, the vast majority of the MPs were scared to death so they didn't object to the nationalization. So now tell me whether Mossadegh was democratically elected or not! There are so many issues with this inaccurate presentation that paints a false picture of reality.
this video is extremely in accurate, plot twist every video painting shahist iran is. If you ask any iranian that lived during the 50s, there was no “operation ajax”, there were cia records during the “day of the coup” recording that the people overthrew mossadeq including several photos of the army on tanks with photos of the shah overthrowing him. Mossadeq was appointed by the Shah, then he was dismissed by the Shah, his refusal to be dismissed was what led him to being overthrown, there were no military units loyal to him, the one thing you need to understand about iran in that time period was that: Military - loyal to the state, Immortal guard (Think of national guard, republican guard) was only loyal to the shah
@@mayer14474He was not democratically elected. The Majlis led by the National Front voted him to the post under chaos with assassinations that instilled fear. The guy was elected after the failure of the Shah to have Hussein Ala (resigned the post) and his appointed replacement Sayyid Tabatabai never got the prime minister post again.
I recently read a book about Iran called “Shadow War.” In it, the author wrote about how the Iranians played a much greater role in the coup than was originally thought.
I dont know know that it 'caused' the situation we have today. The push to oust foreign influence was already well underway. It was bound to happen at some point, and we have no idea what power changes Iran would have seen in the twenty five years all on their own, given the state of chaos they were already in. It's not like we went in and disrupted some completely successful, stable country.
@@maynardburger "It's not like we went in and disrupted some completely successful, stable country." Yes, it kind of is. Iran was the jewel of the whole region, a beacon of civilisation and development before foreign interests ended up destroying it all. Of course it had its own challenges and difficulties. But destabilizing it or getting in control of it was absolutely wanted by western powers, mainly the US of course, at least for one very important reason : Israel. Beside oil, of course. But there is an obvious link between the creation of Israel and the massive presence of oil in the region, of course. Just look at all that happened in the whole middle/far east in the last 50 years, after Israel creation, and how relatively calm regions were brought into utter conflict. Afghanistan, Irak, Iran, Syria, Lebanon... All unrulable now for decades with populations in endless suffering because of interventionnism.
Even Khomeni was sent by West ( C!A ) when King Shah started aby independantly in 1979 . 😂. And Then they created Iran - Iraq war to earn money in weapon business 😂
Great Video! Will there be a future video about how Kurdistan almost became a country/why Kurdistan didn't become a country after WW1? It's a huge part of modern Middle Eastern history.
@@frenzalrhomb6919 I mean, there is, because RTH tends to make videos with pretty decent quality and a lot of relatively obscure footage, so I don' think it was done to cash in the fact that Iran is a current talking point.
@@parsarustami774 well, I know you're being sarcastic, but this video gives plenty of insight how it was the US. But we can hopefully agree that all superpowers are basically evil when it comes to expanding their sphere of influence and geostrategic interests.
@@NICHOLAS-h1p I remember reading a history book in the 7th grade talking about how America brought democracy, peace, and prosperity to Iraq after the 03 invasion. This was after I had read articles the day before about how many civilians had died in Iraq due to American negligence. One of those eye opening moments of my youth. Though to be fair my 7th grade history teacher was a creationist who told us all, in a public secular school btw, that the Earth was 6,000 years old and that Dinosaurs weren't real so I already didn't take the class seriously.
nah these are lies,mosaddeq was appointed by the shah and wasnt democratically elected.in fact he assassinated the previous PM and dissolved the parliment.
Is this channel called Real Time History, or One-Sided Propaganda Machine? Where are you getting your facts from- the Islamic Republic or Mossadegh supporters among Iran’s far-left? This video is incredibly biased, omitting key facts to fit a specific narrative. Most of the quotes come from books authored by well-known sympathisers or agents of Iran’s current regime. 0:45 Reza Shah initiated the nationalisation of Iran’s resources, and his son, Mohammad Reza Shah, continued these efforts. They achieved this without sanctions or war with other countries. This included all mines, which were worth far more than all of Iran’s oil industries prior to oil nationalisation. 1:31 The Shah confiscated lands? Are you referring to the White Revolution’s land reforms, which abolished feudalism and redistributed lands-mostly granted to feudal lords by the Qajar dynasty-among actual farmers? 2:45 “Wished to empower parliament at the expense of the Shah”? Mossadegh dissolved parliament through an illegal and unfair referendum, where only two ballot boxes were placed in the capital for all Iranians. One was for dissolving parliament, and the other, against dissolution, was located in a martial law zone, making it impossible for anyone to vote against it. 11:42 “The Shah’s dismissal was illegal because parliament hadn’t approved it”? According to Iran’s constitutional tradition and precedents, which Mossadegh was fully aware of and had previously invoked to request the dismissal of other prime ministers, the Shah’s action was completely legal and within the norm.
So now hating that another country does a coup in your country and hating the secret police makes you far-left? 😂 next thing you are going to tell me is that the Vietnam war was success
Shah was a ruthless dictator won used SAVAK to oppress citizens who protest against foriegn Colonizers interferance . His sister was an American puppert. He allowed his sister to do what ever she wanted . That family looted a lot of wealth belonged to Iraninans . 😂.
حالش ندارم انگلیسی بهت جواب بدهم خوب نیست آدم شاه الهی باشه ، خود آمریکاییها قبول کردند کودتا کردند این همه مغلطه نوشتن نداره طرفدار جمهوری اسلامی هم نیستم یک کم با خودت فکر کن
The thing about mossadegh was that he was not anything but a man filled with hatred towards Pahlavi dynasty and England He was cooperating with todeh party(communist) and then he illegally Dissolved the parliament, when other people told him that the shah can dismissed him legally, he simply said(The king does not have the courage) He nationalised the oil in the worst way possible and It bankrupted the country and And it forced us to accept the worst oil deal that England offered Iran history cant be simplified You should know so many little details to understand it and founding those details is very hard even for Iranians, a non-Iranian have a really little chance to found those details and acutely understand the history of iran Edit:BTW unfortunately this video is very inaccurate and have too many misinformation
As an Iranian I tell you Iran has never been a democracy for the US to turn it into a dictatorship. Nowhere in meadle east you can find a 100% democracy, even in Israel or Turkey. That region is too unstable to holdup a true democracy. The Shah was a mild authocrat and developed the country to a degree never been seen since the catastrophic introduction of Islam. Right now the Shah is virtually considered a martyr of a national suicide in 1979. I gave a thumb down.
@@PaulBaumer417 He's super popular and most of new generations think the so-called revolution of 1979 has been a disaster or even a national suicide. To a degree that I doubt any supporter of the islamic regime escapes street lynching. People esteem them as traitors and Putin puppets.
@@PaulBaumer417 we Irani love the shah and await his son crown prince Reza Pahlavi the seconds return,this video was full of lies, mosaddeq was the DICTATOR! he dissolved the parilment and tried to overthrow the shah with the help of the communists.he wasnt democratically elected either,he was appointed by the shah to nationalize the oil.
@@PaulBaumer417opinions are mixed but generally people (not government supporter fanatics) love him and respect him and his father. His son is not as popular as himself but has popularity nonetheless. 47 years of Islamic rule and oppression of national identity has evoked nationalism especially among the youth.
@@PaulBaumer417 most of those who like him dont see his faults. I remember my grandmother talking about how the shah forces would force some women who didn't want to drop their hijab (covers) to do so by force like yanking their head covers and so on And how savack would take some people and sometimes they would'nt hear about them anymore Btw i'm not saying that the current regime is perfect. Just that the shah was'nt as perfect as some portray him to be.
All this tragedy created by imperial-colonial (i.e. authoritarian) greed and ambitions, as well as deeply rooted anxiety and paranoia. Even more ironic and tragic considering how a supposed democracy, i.e., the US, utilises the methods of the very same monstrosities which it supposedly opposes. How are we to achieve our ideals and wishes if our 'best' systems to prevent tragedy intentionally or inadvertantly cause the own failure and demise of the system and its fundamental ideals? It is my belief that just as the world has never seen actual "communism" (as every such nation was hijacked by authoritarians before it could achieve its promises), the world has neither seen actual proper democracies; every society thus far has never been successful at preventing the concentration of power by a smaller number of society, which inevitably hold larger shares of power, and thusly, to secure and gain that power, resort to violence and/or exploitation. I truly cannot envision an equal and therefore peaceful world, as getting rid of violence and exploitation seems almost impossible if we consider that the very system we live in and its structures are based on the existance and continuation of violence and exploitation, even more so consequential that the rich "ex-imperial-colonial" powers still hold onto so much power and refuse to share or atone for the past, while the rest of the world itself is engulfed in deeply seated and progressing authoritarianism which has to face the ever increasing and unequally distributed challenges of climate catastrophe. I think the test of our time in the West is to stand against the authoritarianism that leads to the entrenchement of all these problems, but even that won't suffice, unless we also begin to understand and manage to find ways to change the very structures that cause all this tragedy. It's a colossal task. I wish for hope and optimism, but I can't help but feel deeply pessimistic and sceptical about our shared future.
Honestly, it seemed that Mossadegh would've eventually let Communism reign Iran. He was already struggling with oil production, he resented any British intervention, and the Soviet Union as well as the Tudeh party were already at the door. I still think he was the best choice that the Iranian people had at the time, but that lack of oil production revenue would've made him desperate.
Yeah well communism is quite obviously better than completely mental terrorist fundamentalists. Also "communism" is a word emptied of its real meaning and used as a convenient excuse anyway. People like to think USSR was communist when it really wasnt. Stalinism is not communism. Same goes for China. State capitalism is not communism.
I love how practically all problems leading to conflict today are almost always because of the British 100 years ago and not the US 50 years ago like people would believe
@@evanb4189 go on and even attempt at explaining why. I doubt you could literally name one conflict from the 50s onwards including Vietnam and any in the Middle East or Africa for that matter That the US was involved in that wasn’t caused by the British or French Afghanistan started literally because the British disposed their king for supporting the axis Iraq and Iran, literally British oil mandates Vietnam, literally caused by the French, failed to fix by the British and left for the Americans to sort out Every civil war in Africa was started by the removal of French and British colonial security of their diamond and gold mines and left for the Americans to fix due to UN inaction How I missed any? Anything you wanted to add?
Don’t blame USA! Sadly, my people love living under dictatorship in a totalitarian state, either it’s Shah or Mullah! You teach people how to treat you!!!
Both Shah & Mullah appointed by British & C! A 😂. JIMMY C^rt€r boy sent Khomeini from France to remove king Shah wjen he staryed act independantky in 1979 .😂. West is really evil
Injustice is part of the social construct, and so is the misuse of justice. I consider justice to be another version of a religion. It is a man-made construct that demands obedience and is subject to countless interpretations. Yes, we must abide by the law to avoid chaos, but only as a preventive measure.
Don’t forget about the circus strongmen. Or strongman? I always had visions of the Iron Sheik whenever I heard tales of Operation Ajax’s casts of characters.
Wrong information. To summarize and get to the point, and as an Iranian, I must clarify that the reason Reza Shah Pahlavi left Iran was not due to a lack of popularity, but because he refused to give away Iran's oil resources to the U.S. After his meeting with President Carter, a staged revolution-engineered by foreign powers-led to his departure. He left the country because he believed he could not maintain his rule at the cost of his people's blood. Reza Shah Pahlavi remains deeply loved by Iranians, and today, over 80 million Iranians are calling for his son, Prince Reza Pahlavi, to return and lead the country. This will happen soon, and I strongly suggest you take down this video containing such egregious misinformation. Long live Reza Shah Pahlavi 👑
This guy is missing a lot of information and it is clear as day that he is trying to make the shah look like some sort of blood thirsty dictator who worked for the British. Im sure this guy is for the islamic republic of iran,.
How the US turned Iran into a dictatorship “So the British and Soviets start arguing over oil, destabilizing the region…” Ahhhh it’s gonna be one of THOSE “America did it!” videos…😂
@@anubisRN555 Nope, I do read history. Ayyubids were barely Kurdish. The leader was Kurd, the people was Arabic and ruling class was Turkish. "The Arab nation rose in glory with the power of the Turks. The cause of the Crusaders was shattered by the son of Ayyub." This poem written by Ibn Senaulmulk after the capture of Aleppo by Saladin
To say coup against Mosadegh made Iran a dictatorship is to ignore all the different factors present in the 60s and 70s, particularly paid agents by the Soviet Union and islamists. The shah of Iran was modernizing the country. He had given women freedom to choose to wear or not wear hijab. His land reform policies had made peasants that had been dirt poor before, land owners. Islamists did not want to create a Shia caliphate on Iranian soil because of 1951 coup, and leftists were not influenced by Mosadegh. They were armed terrorists who were being paid by the communist parties globally and their donations. That being said, the current regime is far worse than any regime Iran has ever had, with the exception of early Arab conquest of our land.
Shah was a dictator. He used SAVAK to torture civilians in detention camp. Shah house arrested Mossaddique and kept him under house arrest until he died. Has body was not burried in a common cemetary . He was burried inside house. Even his family members were not allowed to visit him . King Shah was a brutal dictator . His twin sister kicked western Colonizers feet for wealth , power nad came. King Shah wasted Iranian money for Has extravagant party for westerners White Many Iranians suffering from poverty. Shah allowed women wear PR not wear Hijab but he didnt care to give education for women. Literacy rate was very less during king Shah rule. More number of Women became educated after Islamic reform only . So covering head is not always women oppression.
this is wrong on so many levels british didnt support pahlavi to power, but the opposition of pahlavi. Mosaddeq was not democratically elected but appointed by the shah himself,in fact shah appointed him do nationalize the oil,. the reason he deposed him was because he became friends with Tudeh party, a communist party funded by the soviet. he also destroyed the economy by not paying the compensation of oil nationalization and sanctions that followed because of that. He also dissolved the parliment and many of his former allies turned against the dictator mosaddeq had became. So instead of spreading misinformation and communist propaganda tell the truth,it is disgusting that a foreigner like you with zero knowledge is spreading such lies.
Turned into a dictatorship is inaccurate given Iran was never really a democracy before this. The Palavhi Dynasty having been installed by the British only a short while before.
this is false. majority of Iranians want the Shah. he is the only one true to our history and a true persian. he was the only one who paid his respect to our father Cyrus the great
Mossadegh was a totalitarian dictator no different from dictators in Africa at the same time. His policy was the same. The difference was, that he never ran the state bankrupt (as most African states and later Venezuela).
Please look into making a video of Iran Iraq war which was super unfair right after Irans revolution and all the world helped Iraq with money and brand new tech military equipment where as Iran was under total sanctions from day one and fought with empty hands and at the end considering the support of the world Iran kind of made it even with Iraq .
@@mayer14474 More like you don't know anything about it, but try to act like you do, given how most people trusted "Sources" from FOX news CNN and Telegraph , I don't think you have the rights to judge, who is wrong and who is right
@@pilgrims6581 Ofc they have and I'm an Iranian and must tell you "How the US turned Iran into a dictatorship" is absolutely misleading and almost total BS.
@@pilgrims6581neither do you as we weren’t born then. To act like what happened in the past has happened to us now is a bit insane but humanity has gotten more stupid over the years that they forget that the government is always the fault but of course just wholly blame the country. Just shows we cannot progress and learn from past mistakes but cling on like fools. It’s no wonder humanity is an evolutionary dead end when man made bullshit remains prevalent like some sort of holy grail to keep around.
And when Shah was thrown out “again” they sent Hussein of Iraq😂 and then they invaded iraq 😂😂😂 I am sorry but cant help myself from laughing at this distorted series of failed foreign policy
the most unruly example of capitalism . the definition of communism is to have no oligarchy. and capitalists defame communism by calling capitalist issues "communism".
Just a few years earlier the US backstabbed their Dutch allies and argued the islamist 'Bersiap' group (that mostly busied itself with brutal ethnic cleansing) should declare an independant Indonesia. The Bersiaps had promised to control the communists and would indeed murder tens of thousands of people, supposedly for communist sympathies, but in reality the Muslims were purging the non-Muslim Chinese population. And of course as the US reasoned, there shouldn't be colonies any longer. So the very first thing jihadi Indonesia did after coming into existance, was declare war on, conquer and colonise several other countries such as the Moluccan Republic. Of course jihadi racists would turn out to be famously reliable allies for the US and never ever do anything against the US at all....
@@frozenstorm158 No but i dont want see our shah and his father are miss judged they both were brilliant and made iran close to become a supper power but indeed they had bad choices and manners which effected the countries politics but when you compare Qajar a islamic republic to pahlavi you see that in past 300 years pahlavi made us glorious again. now in iran there is shortages of gas, water, electricity and country is close to war dollar getting expensive every day and american plains are spying over our skies.
@@frozenstorm158 shah and his father reza shah are who saved Iran, they both are highly respected as a king and they must not get miss judged, we as Iranians who did a silly revolution 46 years ago now we seeing the scale of our mistake, once iran having most valuable currency, great economy, and military in general a country which was close to be a superpower now has nothing. we are at shortages of medicine, gas, electricity, water, having least valuable currency, and close to war. imagine you having a country full of oil, gas, mines, seas, fertile soil and u have least valuable money currency worse than african countries and even afganistan. yes they were a dictator but right now in 2024 dont we have dictators? like putin khamenei, kim jun un all are dangerous dictators but our shah was peacfull and allie of the west
Who spent decades and resources many more times the GDP of "Iran" at the time (or Persia, or whatever name it had then) to develop the oilfields that the mostly Arab residents of Abadan/Khuzestan were burning for camp fires? By what right did they have to seize the refineries and oilfields which they themselves pathetically did not know how to operate driving production down from 250M Barrels to 10M? Hmmm . . . I wonder if history had resolved differently and a 20th century "Cyrus the Great" conquered Britain and developed an oil industry in the North Sea, that was then seized by the Britons, would the "nationalists" in Iran complain about colonialism? It's pretty ironic that one of the original and largest "colonialist" empires in history (Persian Empire, pick one, there were a few!) should complain about exploitation and conquest!!! By the way, did you know that Mossadegh's mother was a Qajari (the "royal" line before the Reza Pahlavi) princess?!?!?! Want to learn REAL details about Mossadegh? Read "Patriot of Persia" by Christopher de Bellaigue.
Mosadeg was from Turkic Qajar dynasty. Britain overthrew Qajar and brought Reza Shah. The same way they overthrow Mosadeg. The West didn’t want independent Turkic Iran. They brought Persians to power and Persians brought dictatorship. 50 years of Pahlavi dictatorship,then 50 years of Mullah dictatorship.
One thing no comment section is missing, is ethnocentric comments of Turks bringing up irrelevant racism. Jokes on you the current Supreme leader of Iran is an Azari as well.
@@KingExituS I suggest you to see Tractor team matches where millions of South Azerbaijani youth shout WE ARE TURKS! I am talking reality not your fantasy.
For an objective and scholarly look at the SHAH and his times, read two books by Professor Abbas Milani. He wrote the most updated biography on " The Shah " and another book called " The Myth of the Great Satan " which goes into the events that happened in the early 1950s.
Most Iranians are naive to this history and ask for the same thing again. Mostly expats but nevertheless…. Back to democracy where everyone has a voice in Iran…..
i laugh at you for beliving these lies, mosaddeq was appointed by the shah himself to nationalize the oil yet he used his position to dissolve the parliment and tried to overthrow the shah.
@@arashjafari3283 laughing at me will not solve the problems that Iran is facing. Your comment exactly highlights my point that most Iranians are not fluent in the recent history unfortunately. The 1921 coup, overthrowing Reza Shah in 1941 (placing him in exile while making his son the new king- just think about how that would make any sense), another coup in 1953, all while every oil rich country in the Middle East was being ruled by a British/ American appointed puppet (Iraq, Jordan, Saudi, etc.) to establish the Petro-dollar as the basis of US dollar as (eventually) a fiat currency and currency reserve to protect the Bretten Woods agreement in order for the US government to have exonomical control over most countries. It is all connected to this day where Brics is working to end this system. It is easy to get emotional about these issues and lose sight of the bitter realities but I encourage you to read more balanced documents and really understand this. Iran is for all Iranians irrespective of lineage, language, dialect, religion and skin color. That’s how Iran was founded by Cyrus. Todays requirements are different than yesterdays and Iran needs to be a secular democracy and the voice of all should be heard. I understand and respect your sentiments and I know that it is painful to watch the situation but only the unification of the people will put Iran on a path forward, not attaching ourselves to a decaying US led system. We need to look at our culture and heritage and rebuild based on that. With all respect to you.
It was an extremely informative, incridable, and wonderful historical coverage episode about[ Eijack coup-1953 ] operation , which rescued iran Mohammed Rezh Shah throne from fall down. RTH always introduces incridable historical coverage episodes....thank you Sir 🙏 for sharing this magnificent video.
thank you for taking this on. the sequence of events in Iran have always been sort of swept under the carpet to suit the cold war dogma of later US and UK administrations. ps: roasted chestnuts are over-rated, british or otherwise.
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The Iranian PM was not a communist at all but because of the nationalism of its oil, the western powers portrayed him as a communist and planning to ally fully with the Soviet Union.
He was also planning and orchestrated an illegal invasion of Cuba while he was in office, Authorized the CIA to overthrow Guatemalas elected government and lent full support to the military junta of Castillo Armas that sparked a civil war that led to the deaths of over 200,000 innocent mayans, along with the socioeconomic collapse in the region that to this day hasnt recovered, which is one of the biggest reasons for the migration crisises going on today.
@@Josh93B93 all because of communist paranoia!!!
@@Josh93B93
Where did you get that nonsense from? The Guatemalan Civil War came about when communist sympathisers in the military started a coup, failed, then began fighting a dirty war where they enlisted as many landless and poor as they could use as cannon fodder.
Your death numbers are also a lie. The entire war is estimated to have killed 140-200K people, so the claim of over 200K Mayan background Guatemalans is nonsensical.
And if you look at which murderous groups backed the unrest, you can pretty much see what destroyed Middle America: Socialism did. With the agressive colonialist Cuban regime stepping in, as well as Salvadorean terrorists and Nicaragua before they elected a non-left government. They've never been able to leave well enough alone, from the FARC in Colombia to the Zapatistas in Mexico.
He was by no means communist, but he was completely surrounded by communists. Had the Shah failed, they would have been able to easily replace Mosadegh government with a communist one.
Nope none ever thought nor portrayed him as a communist, as the video explains and as most historic records we have the issue started by the vulnerable position he was during a turmoil and the fact that a lot of his followers were pro USSR. Also USSR was a lot more active in his party than the video suggests and this is more complex than just throwing the west into the mix. Iran was a front that was attacked internally from every front.
CIA doing CIA things
modern books tell,factually,the idiotic nature of everything"CIA"for it's entire
existence. G.Davis sr
no. america doing america things.
@@pvb3562So... the CIA.
Not only them, the *Brutush* Empire wants their oil. After the coup, 40% oil for the *Brutush* , 40% for *Murica* and only 20% for Iran.
These crimes were ignored while in the news everyday calling Iranians were terrorists. Who are the terrorists actually with regard of looking this piece of history?
The iranians that were trying to install a theocracy in the 50's evolved into Al Qaeda, ISIS, and other smaller groups.
These groups have always, at the core of their nature, been terrorist organizations.
The CIA is still guilty of this disgusting act however lets not pretend terrorism wouldn't have happened without it.
And Iran is just one country in a long list of countries destabilized by the evil imperialism of the USA.
As long as a government is friendly with US interest, the ruling regime is touted as legitimate and righteous - even if said government does not represent the will of the people. People in the modern day are still yet to learn this lesson.
Same thing can be said of the Russian Federation and former Soviet Union.
No, the old government was the right one.
Then those Terrorist stole iran and their people .
@@scottkrater2131Indeed, the difference is (from my perspective) that one side claims moral superiority. In fact I would go as far as to say they delude themselves into believing their own lies.
@MrCristianposso The current government in the Kremlin is no better than the nahtzis. Kyiv is most definitely in the right. Established by the UN that said no nation should invade another. The Kremlin violated it's own promises to respect their sovereignty after Kyiv gave up their nuclear weapons.
You are so misinformed
This is the main reason Eisenhower is the most overrated president… his role in this coup had severe consequences that are still felt to this day.
Nah, he's still a great president
@@balabanasireti
Yeah, yeah alright mate. Whatever you say.
He should be criticized for it surely. But overrated is bit too much.
No man is perfect but Eisenhower was a great president. His role in the "Little Rock Nine" events was true leadership.
@@MrBumbo90 facts
I remember reading a book back in 2008 called, "All the Shah's Men," or something like that. I think the argument was Britain and especially BP manipulated the U.S. in to overthrowing Mosaddegh by indicating he was a communist since he wanted to nationalizs the oil industry and not have businesses like BP control the oil fields. Its been years since I read that book so I may be off on the arguememt.
Yes "All the Shah's Men", book written by Stephen Kinzer, a great book and a great author !
It was BP and shell. They wanted tge oil
And the US were so very happy to oblige. It's not like they needed much convincing...
The saying "be careful what you wish for" rings true with a lot of Britain and US foreign policy.
Another example of the US' often short-sighted foreign policy approach!
it's actually the other way around lol
@@vodkaboy "it's actually the other way around lol"
You are not making the slightest amount of sense, what a very stupid comment of yours.
I would characterize it as example of Mafia-like foreign policy
@@Bavafa1 True that. Even F.D. Roosevelt said that "Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
Is it me or almost all major conflict had something to do with the British Empire at some point?
Not wrong
Yes
British empire is somehow the reason of all modern conflicts
The information, pronunciation, research, and even the photos are simply amazing. Thank you RTH for making a video about an important yet often overlooked part of contemporary history.
Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
@@mayer14474 what's funny do you not understand history or something? Or are you brainwashed into believing America and Israel are always right
@@THERHINOFORZA4 I know history well enough to not fall for nonsense propaganda
@@mobinkarami I know history well enough to not fall for propagandda
Would not be the first time that America intervenes in a country for oil.
Nor the last. Up to this day and probably until the planet is out of oil...
So, what happened to all the military units loyal to Mohammad Mosaddegh, that easily prevented the first coup attempt? Never explained!
There are many inaccuracies in the video. It doesn't even mention how Mossadegh became the PM in the first place. Long story short, Islamist extremists had to assassinate the previous PM to open the door for Mossadegh to become the PM. Prior to this assassination, the House Majority were against nationalization of the oil company because it would have not served Iran's interest as it was guaranteed to fail as Iran had neither the technology nor the capital to run the company independently, let alone British opposition and further blockades. However, hardliners aren't satisfied by reason, so they had to end PM Razmara's life to pave the way for Mossadegh and the nationalization of the oil company. After the assassination of the actually democratically elected PM Razmara, the vast majority of the MPs were scared to death so they didn't object to the nationalization. So now tell me whether Mossadegh was democratically elected or not!
There are so many issues with this inaccurate presentation that paints a false picture of reality.
this video is extremely in accurate, plot twist every video painting shahist iran is. If you ask any iranian that lived during the 50s, there was no “operation ajax”, there were cia records during the “day of the coup” recording that the people overthrew mossadeq including several photos of the army on tanks with photos of the shah overthrowing him. Mossadeq was appointed by the Shah, then he was dismissed by the Shah, his refusal to be dismissed was what led him to being overthrown, there were no military units loyal to him, the one thing you need to understand about iran in that time period was that: Military - loyal to the state, Immortal guard (Think of national guard, republican guard) was only loyal to the shah
@@mayer14474He was not democratically elected. The Majlis led by the National Front voted him to the post under chaos with assassinations that instilled fear.
The guy was elected after the failure of the Shah to have Hussein Ala (resigned the post) and his appointed replacement Sayyid Tabatabai never got the prime minister post again.
J Alexander, you are the man sir. Keep making these videos please.
I recently read a book about Iran called “Shadow War.” In it, the author wrote about how the Iranians played a much greater role in the coup than was originally thought.
the author?
@@eifelitorn Brandon Weichert
@@Napoleon1815-l8c oh lmao okay
Read all the shahs men and Iran between two revolutions shadow war has a very pro-American view on certain issues
@@turinturambar6492 Abrahamian has some pro islamic republic views as well.
It was definitely done for oil but also to maintain western control, which ironically backfired and created the situation we face today!
I dont know know that it 'caused' the situation we have today. The push to oust foreign influence was already well underway. It was bound to happen at some point, and we have no idea what power changes Iran would have seen in the twenty five years all on their own, given the state of chaos they were already in. It's not like we went in and disrupted some completely successful, stable country.
@@maynardburgerI like that. You should be a politician.
@@maynardburger "It's not like we went in and disrupted some completely successful, stable country."
Yes, it kind of is. Iran was the jewel of the whole region, a beacon of civilisation and development before foreign interests ended up destroying it all. Of course it had its own challenges and difficulties. But destabilizing it or getting in control of it was absolutely wanted by western powers, mainly the US of course, at least for one very important reason : Israel. Beside oil, of course. But there is an obvious link between the creation of Israel and the massive presence of oil in the region, of course.
Just look at all that happened in the whole middle/far east in the last 50 years, after Israel creation, and how relatively calm regions were brought into utter conflict. Afghanistan, Irak, Iran, Syria, Lebanon... All unrulable now for decades with populations in endless suffering because of interventionnism.
Iran is stronger and bright.....
Even Khomeni was sent by West ( C!A ) when King Shah started aby independantly in 1979 . 😂. And Then they created Iran - Iraq war to earn money in weapon business 😂
Great Video! Will there be a future video about how Kurdistan almost became a country/why Kurdistan didn't become a country after WW1? It's a huge part of modern Middle Eastern history.
Something to do with 🇹🇷 🦃 and how the colonial lines were drawn cutting Kurdistan into several pieces , I believe.
@@Black-Sun_Kaiser They've never had a country. If it ever became a reality, it would become a failed state in no time.
@@metternich_999 Which add to another mess of the Middle East.
Which we lead to another Balkan problem.
@@Ghjkoplokkpactually turks are turkified city Kurds
Talk about interesting timing.
Nothing coincidental about it is there? PFF!
@@frenzalrhomb6919 I mean, there is, because RTH tends to make videos with pretty decent quality and a lot of relatively obscure footage, so I don' think it was done to cash in the fact that Iran is a current talking point.
There's always some problem going on in the Middle East.
@@bigbubble4282 I wonder who made problems in the Middle East...
@@parsarustami774 well, I know you're being sarcastic, but this video gives plenty of insight how it was the US. But we can hopefully agree that all superpowers are basically evil when it comes to expanding their sphere of influence and geostrategic interests.
Watching this episode, i question which side of history are we on. Seems to me that we may be the bad guys
Opens US history book once.
Well, yeah. Everyone seems to know this except for us. It’s not your fault. The education system is state-sponsored.
@@NICHOLAS-h1p I remember reading a history book in the 7th grade talking about how America brought democracy, peace, and prosperity to Iraq after the 03 invasion. This was after I had read articles the day before about how many civilians had died in Iraq due to American negligence. One of those eye opening moments of my youth. Though to be fair my 7th grade history teacher was a creationist who told us all, in a public secular school btw, that the Earth was 6,000 years old and that Dinosaurs weren't real so I already didn't take the class seriously.
Yes, you are.
nah these are lies,mosaddeq was appointed by the shah and wasnt democratically elected.in fact he assassinated the previous PM and dissolved the parliment.
anyone still sucking up to Mohammad Reza should watch this video
Who said Special Military Operations started with Putin?
Bring back the Lion logo on iran flag.
Okay imma be the one to say it , I thought that was Eugene levy on the thumbnail when I was scrolling down my feed 😂😂
Is this channel called Real Time History, or One-Sided Propaganda Machine? Where are you getting your facts from- the Islamic Republic or Mossadegh supporters among Iran’s far-left? This video is incredibly biased, omitting key facts to fit a specific narrative. Most of the quotes come from books authored by well-known sympathisers or agents of Iran’s current regime.
0:45 Reza Shah initiated the nationalisation of Iran’s resources, and his son, Mohammad Reza Shah, continued these efforts. They achieved this without sanctions or war with other countries. This included all mines, which were worth far more than all of Iran’s oil industries prior to oil nationalisation.
1:31 The Shah confiscated lands? Are you referring to the White Revolution’s land reforms, which abolished feudalism and redistributed lands-mostly granted to feudal lords by the Qajar dynasty-among actual farmers?
2:45 “Wished to empower parliament at the expense of the Shah”? Mossadegh dissolved parliament through an illegal and unfair referendum, where only two ballot boxes were placed in the capital for all Iranians. One was for dissolving parliament, and the other, against dissolution, was located in a martial law zone, making it impossible for anyone to vote against it.
11:42 “The Shah’s dismissal was illegal because parliament hadn’t approved it”? According to Iran’s constitutional tradition and precedents, which Mossadegh was fully aware of and had previously invoked to request the dismissal of other prime ministers, the Shah’s action was completely legal and within the norm.
its a commie propaganda machine sadly
So now hating that another country does a coup in your country and hating the secret police makes you far-left? 😂 next thing you are going to tell me is that the Vietnam war was success
Cope😂😂😂😂😂
Shah was a ruthless dictator won used SAVAK to oppress citizens who protest against foriegn Colonizers interferance . His sister was an American puppert. He allowed his sister to do what ever she wanted . That family looted a lot of wealth belonged to Iraninans . 😂.
حالش ندارم انگلیسی بهت جواب بدهم خوب نیست آدم شاه الهی باشه ، خود آمریکاییها قبول کردند کودتا کردند این همه مغلطه نوشتن نداره طرفدار جمهوری اسلامی هم نیستم یک کم با خودت فکر کن
The thing about mossadegh was that he was not anything but a man filled with hatred towards Pahlavi dynasty and England
He was cooperating with todeh party(communist) and then he illegally Dissolved the parliament, when other people told him that the shah can dismissed him legally, he simply said(The king does not have the courage)
He nationalised the oil in the worst way possible and It bankrupted the country and And it forced us to accept the worst oil deal that England offered
Iran history cant be simplified
You should know so many little details to understand it and founding those details is very hard even for Iranians, a non-Iranian have a really little chance to found those details and acutely understand the history of iran
Edit:BTW unfortunately this video is very inaccurate and have too many misinformation
Learning modern history is learning we’re the bad guys
A group overplaying its part in a sucess to get more money? I am shocked :)
That pronunciation of Khoda hafez, though 🤌
As an Iranian I tell you Iran has never been a democracy for the US to turn it into a dictatorship. Nowhere in meadle east you can find a 100% democracy, even in Israel or Turkey. That region is too unstable to holdup a true democracy. The Shah was a mild authocrat and developed the country to a degree never been seen since the catastrophic introduction of Islam. Right now the Shah is virtually considered a martyr of a national suicide in 1979. I gave a thumb down.
What is the opinion of the Iranian people regarding the Shah? Is he still remembered? and if so, what do they think of him?
@@PaulBaumer417 He's super popular and most of new generations think the so-called revolution of 1979 has been a disaster or even a national suicide. To a degree that I doubt any supporter of the islamic regime escapes street lynching. People esteem them as traitors and Putin puppets.
@@PaulBaumer417 we Irani love the shah and await his son crown prince Reza Pahlavi the seconds return,this video was full of lies, mosaddeq was the DICTATOR! he dissolved the parilment and tried to overthrow the shah with the help of the communists.he wasnt democratically elected either,he was appointed by the shah to nationalize the oil.
@@PaulBaumer417opinions are mixed but generally people (not government supporter fanatics) love him and respect him and his father. His son is not as popular as himself but has popularity nonetheless. 47 years of Islamic rule and oppression of national identity has evoked nationalism especially among the youth.
@@PaulBaumer417 most of those who like him dont see his faults.
I remember my grandmother talking about how the shah forces would force some women who didn't want to drop their hijab (covers) to do so by force like yanking their head covers and so on
And how savack would take some people and sometimes they would'nt hear about them anymore
Btw i'm not saying that the current regime is perfect.
Just that the shah was'nt as perfect as some portray him to be.
Jesse, you are the BEST!!!
All this tragedy created by imperial-colonial (i.e. authoritarian) greed and ambitions, as well as deeply rooted anxiety and paranoia. Even more ironic and tragic considering how a supposed democracy, i.e., the US, utilises the methods of the very same monstrosities which it supposedly opposes. How are we to achieve our ideals and wishes if our 'best' systems to prevent tragedy intentionally or inadvertantly cause the own failure and demise of the system and its fundamental ideals?
It is my belief that just as the world has never seen actual "communism" (as every such nation was hijacked by authoritarians before it could achieve its promises), the world has neither seen actual proper democracies; every society thus far has never been successful at preventing the concentration of power by a smaller number of society, which inevitably hold larger shares of power, and thusly, to secure and gain that power, resort to violence and/or exploitation. I truly cannot envision an equal and therefore peaceful world, as getting rid of violence and exploitation seems almost impossible if we consider that the very system we live in and its structures are based on the existance and continuation of violence and exploitation, even more so consequential that the rich "ex-imperial-colonial" powers still hold onto so much power and refuse to share or atone for the past, while the rest of the world itself is engulfed in deeply seated and progressing authoritarianism which has to face the ever increasing and unequally distributed challenges of climate catastrophe. I think the test of our time in the West is to stand against the authoritarianism that leads to the entrenchement of all these problems, but even that won't suffice, unless we also begin to understand and manage to find ways to change the very structures that cause all this tragedy. It's a colossal task. I wish for hope and optimism, but I can't help but feel deeply pessimistic and sceptical about our shared future.
Only an ignoramus would think the world hasn't seen real communism.
You?
Didn't mention that invasion in World War 2 was most devastating for a country in all war
We've lost half of our nation,
In neutral side😐
Honestly, it seemed that Mossadegh would've eventually let Communism reign Iran. He was already struggling with oil production, he resented any British intervention, and the Soviet Union as well as the Tudeh party were already at the door. I still think he was the best choice that the Iranian people had at the time, but that lack of oil production revenue would've made him desperate.
Yeah well communism is quite obviously better than completely mental terrorist fundamentalists. Also "communism" is a word emptied of its real meaning and used as a convenient excuse anyway. People like to think USSR was communist when it really wasnt. Stalinism is not communism. Same goes for China. State capitalism is not communism.
I love how practically all problems leading to conflict today are almost always because of the British 100 years ago and not the US 50 years ago like people would believe
The US just pours oil & gasoline on old British fires.
yep!
Saying that just shows your ignorance of anything outside the Western World.
@@evanb4189 go on and even attempt at explaining why.
I doubt you could literally name one conflict from the 50s onwards including Vietnam and any in the Middle East or Africa for that matter
That the US was involved in that wasn’t caused by the British or French
Afghanistan started literally because the British disposed their king for supporting the axis
Iraq and Iran, literally British oil mandates
Vietnam, literally caused by the French, failed to fix by the British and left for the Americans to sort out
Every civil war in Africa was started by the removal of French and British colonial security of their diamond and gold mines and left for the Americans to fix due to UN inaction
How I missed any? Anything you wanted to add?
@@Paulfromwish All of Latin America
An interesting take on Iran
Thanks!
Don’t blame USA! Sadly, my people love living under dictatorship in a totalitarian state, either it’s Shah or Mullah! You teach people how to treat you!!!
Both Shah & Mullah appointed by British & C! A 😂. JIMMY C^rt€r boy sent Khomeini from France to remove king Shah wjen he staryed act independantky in 1979 .😂. West is really evil
Mandatory watch for anyone following geopolitics today!
5th grader logic
@@mayer14474 "5th grader logic"
Stupid and meaningless comment without any argument or the slightest interest.
You really downplayed the involvement of the USSR in these events.
Another fine installment.
Lmfao. We need independence and wealth.
I know. Let's do religion!
Wise. So very, very wise.
I wonder how independent the average Iranian feels.
Injustice is part of the social construct, and so is the misuse of justice. I consider justice to be another version of a religion. It is a man-made construct that demands obedience and is subject to countless interpretations. Yes, we must abide by the law to avoid chaos, but only as a preventive measure.
It’s crazy how powerful and loved iran was under the shah and now hated by all.
Don’t forget about the circus strongmen. Or strongman? I always had visions of the Iron Sheik whenever I heard tales of Operation Ajax’s casts of characters.
Fascinating and tragic.
Wrong information. To summarize and get to the point, and as an Iranian, I must clarify that the reason Reza Shah Pahlavi left Iran was not due to a lack of popularity, but because he refused to give away Iran's oil resources to the U.S. After his meeting with President Carter, a staged revolution-engineered by foreign powers-led to his departure. He left the country because he believed he could not maintain his rule at the cost of his people's blood.
Reza Shah Pahlavi remains deeply loved by Iranians, and today, over 80 million Iranians are calling for his son, Prince Reza Pahlavi, to return and lead the country. This will happen soon, and I strongly suggest you take down this video containing such egregious misinformation. Long live Reza Shah Pahlavi 👑
Shocking! American meddling in other countries’ affairs doesn’t go as planned.
where has american foreign policy with a credible nation not failed?
ua-cam.com/video/uqMsTsF0qgY/v-deo.html That embarrassing feeling when you start talking to someone but they just walk away from you.
There is so much incomplete information...where to begin..
This guy is missing a lot of information and it is clear as day that he is trying to make the shah look like some sort of blood thirsty dictator who worked for the British. Im sure this guy is for the islamic republic of iran,.
How the US turned Iran into a dictatorship
“So the British and Soviets start arguing over oil, destabilizing the region…”
Ahhhh it’s gonna be one of THOSE “America did it!” videos…😂
Nice signing off in farsi.
The brits reason we
Can't have nice things. Look at the mess in Palestine.
Or Kurdistan till now they can't have a country because Britain and France agreement after ww1
@@anubisRN555 Why would they have a country? They've never had one.
@@metternich_999 actually if you read history of middle east they have counties and sultans like the most famous salah eldin
@@anubisRN555 Nope, I do read history. Ayyubids were barely Kurdish. The leader was Kurd, the people was Arabic and ruling class was Turkish.
"The Arab nation rose in glory with the power of the Turks.
The cause of the Crusaders was shattered by the son of Ayyub."
This poem written by Ibn Senaulmulk after the capture of Aleppo by Saladin
And now today Iran is a Russian friendly country and opposes anything American 😂
To say coup against Mosadegh made Iran a dictatorship is to ignore all the different factors present in the 60s and 70s, particularly paid agents by the Soviet Union and islamists. The shah of Iran was modernizing the country. He had given women freedom to choose to wear or not wear hijab. His land reform policies had made peasants that had been dirt poor before, land owners. Islamists did not want to create a Shia caliphate on Iranian soil because of 1951 coup, and leftists were not influenced by Mosadegh. They were armed terrorists who were being paid by the communist parties globally and their donations. That being said, the current regime is far worse than any regime Iran has ever had, with the exception of early Arab conquest of our land.
Were the Shah secret police and executions better?
Shah was a dictator. He used SAVAK to torture civilians in detention camp. Shah house arrested Mossaddique and kept him under house arrest until he died. Has body was not burried in a common cemetary . He was burried inside house. Even his family members were not allowed to visit him . King Shah was a brutal dictator . His twin sister kicked western Colonizers feet for wealth , power nad came. King Shah wasted Iranian money for Has extravagant party for westerners White Many Iranians suffering from poverty. Shah allowed women wear PR not wear Hijab but he didnt care to give education for women. Literacy rate was very less during king Shah rule. More number of Women became educated after Islamic reform only . So covering head is not always women oppression.
The iranians will never and ever forgive the british with their friends the yankees, they realy changed the iranian people's future and destiney
Regime changes, propaganda and such are fascinating things to me. Thank you for the video!
this is wrong on so many levels
british didnt support pahlavi to power, but the opposition of pahlavi.
Mosaddeq was not democratically elected but appointed by the shah himself,in fact shah appointed him do nationalize the oil,.
the reason he deposed him was because he became friends with Tudeh party, a communist party funded by the soviet.
he also destroyed the economy by not paying the compensation of oil nationalization and sanctions that followed because of that.
He also dissolved the parliment and many of his former allies turned against the dictator mosaddeq had became.
So instead of spreading misinformation and communist propaganda tell the truth,it is disgusting that a foreigner like you with zero knowledge is spreading such lies.
Nope this video is accurate. Unfortunately many of my fellow iranians have been brainwashed by our regime with lies.
Turned into a dictatorship is inaccurate given Iran was never really a democracy before this. The Palavhi Dynasty having been installed by the British only a short while before.
Meanwhile the ayatollahs have ran it into the ground.
Real. 6:36
Why didn’t you cover how the current Iranian dictatorship rose to power
Someones crying😂
@@mhcbrg "Someones crying"
And someone is really making the most pathetic and childish comments.
Small hats
Alex Jones was teaching about this important CIA Operation Ajax decades ago.
this is false. majority of Iranians want the Shah. he is the only one true to our history and a true persian. he was the only one who paid his respect to our father Cyrus the great
Mossadegh was a totalitarian dictator no different from dictators in Africa at the same time. His policy was the same. The difference was, that he never ran the state bankrupt (as most African states and later Venezuela).
in fact he did,he destroyed the economy and dissolved the parliment.this channel is a commie propaganda machine
Im an iranian Shah was not an authoraterian and Savak was not his secret police.WE Love our King and we love USA.don't listin to these nonesences.
Please look into making a video of Iran Iraq war which was super unfair right after Irans revolution and all the world helped Iraq with money and brand new tech military equipment where as Iran was under total sanctions from day one and fought with empty hands and at the end considering the support of the world Iran kind of made it even with Iraq .
A complete lack of understanding of Iranian history, culture and politics!
what fortuitous timing on this video
Very inaccurate and misleading presentation! There are so many lies and hiding of facts i don't know which one to cover. 😅
@@mayer14474 More like you don't know anything about it, but try to act like you do, given how most people trusted "Sources" from FOX news CNN and Telegraph , I don't think you have the rights to judge, who is wrong and who is right
@@pilgrims6581 Ofc they have and I'm an Iranian and must tell you "How the US turned Iran into a dictatorship" is absolutely misleading and almost total BS.
@@pilgrims6581neither do you as we weren’t born then. To act like what happened in the past has happened to us now is a bit insane but humanity has gotten more stupid over the years that they forget that the government is always the fault but of course just wholly blame the country. Just shows we cannot progress and learn from past mistakes but cling on like fools. It’s no wonder humanity is an evolutionary dead end when man made bullshit remains prevalent like some sort of holy grail to keep around.
And when Shah was thrown out “again” they sent Hussein of Iraq😂 and then they invaded iraq 😂😂😂 I am sorry but cant help myself from laughing at this distorted series of failed foreign policy
Jewish failed foreign policy
iran is out of their evil hands now
They aren't?
Do you mean that the current "Supreme leader" is better than the Shah?
If you do, please know that they cut our power for 2 hours to do mysterious stuff that they won't tell us
the most unruly example of capitalism . the definition of communism is to have no oligarchy. and capitalists defame communism by calling capitalist issues "communism".
why dont u provide why reza shah was exiled and why the British's excuse to invade iran?
and look at us now. USA gave power to the mullahs and now we have to deal with Islamic extremism in Iran. We want the Shah !
🇵🇸🇱🇧🇵🇸🇱🇧🇵🇸🇱🇧🇵🇸🇱🇧🇵🇸☦️🙏🏼🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻
16:05
I am noticing a pattern...
Just a few years earlier the US backstabbed their Dutch allies and argued the islamist 'Bersiap' group (that mostly busied itself with brutal ethnic cleansing) should declare an independant Indonesia. The Bersiaps had promised to control the communists and would indeed murder tens of thousands of people, supposedly for communist sympathies, but in reality the Muslims were purging the non-Muslim Chinese population.
And of course as the US reasoned, there shouldn't be colonies any longer.
So the very first thing jihadi Indonesia did after coming into existance, was declare war on, conquer and colonise several other countries such as the Moluccan Republic.
Of course jihadi racists would turn out to be famously reliable allies for the US and never ever do anything against the US at all....
Which is?
Ah, yes, Americans fighting the bears of their today while making the demons of their tomorrow in the process.
Classic freedom logic.
You know that we Iranians love our shah right? That you dear to talk bad about him
Yeah, dictatorships are always better than democracy.....
You want absolute monarchy in 2024?
@@frozenstorm158 No but i dont want see our shah and his father are miss judged they both were brilliant and made iran close to become a supper power but indeed they had bad choices and manners which effected the countries politics but when you compare Qajar a islamic republic to pahlavi you see that in past 300 years pahlavi made us glorious again. now in iran there is shortages of gas, water, electricity and country is close to war dollar getting expensive every day and american plains are spying over our skies.
@@frozenstorm158 shah and his father reza shah are who saved Iran, they both are highly respected as a king and they must not get miss judged, we as Iranians who did a silly revolution 46 years ago now we seeing the scale of our mistake, once iran having most valuable currency, great economy, and military in general a country which was close to be a superpower now has nothing. we are at shortages of medicine, gas, electricity, water, having least valuable currency, and close to war. imagine you having a country full of oil, gas, mines, seas, fertile soil and u have least valuable money currency worse than african countries and even afganistan. yes they were a dictator but right now in 2024 dont we have dictators? like putin khamenei, kim jun un all are dangerous dictators but our shah was peacfull and allie of the west
@CyrusTheGreat1384 you still didn't answer the question. Do you want to be ruled by a single royal family with absolute power in 2024?
15:55 and that’s the story of BP
Cheaper oils are western priorities
3rd grader logic
It's always about oil
Who spent decades and resources many more times the GDP of "Iran" at the time (or Persia, or whatever name it had then) to develop the oilfields that the mostly Arab residents of Abadan/Khuzestan were burning for camp fires? By what right did they have to seize the refineries and oilfields which they themselves pathetically did not know how to operate driving production down from 250M Barrels to 10M? Hmmm . . . I wonder if history had resolved differently and a 20th century "Cyrus the Great" conquered Britain and developed an oil industry in the North Sea, that was then seized by the Britons, would the "nationalists" in Iran complain about colonialism? It's pretty ironic that one of the original and largest "colonialist" empires in history (Persian Empire, pick one, there were a few!) should complain about exploitation and conquest!!!
By the way, did you know that Mossadegh's mother was a Qajari (the "royal" line before the Reza Pahlavi) princess?!?!?!
Want to learn REAL details about Mossadegh? Read "Patriot of Persia" by Christopher de Bellaigue.
Mosadeg was from Turkic Qajar dynasty. Britain overthrew Qajar and brought Reza Shah. The same way they overthrow Mosadeg. The West didn’t want independent Turkic Iran. They brought Persians to power and Persians brought dictatorship. 50 years of Pahlavi dictatorship,then 50 years of Mullah dictatorship.
And Mullah also sent by West from France 😂. It seems PM Mossaddique was better than Autocratic King Shah and Mullah
One thing no comment section is missing, is ethnocentric comments of Turks bringing up irrelevant racism.
Jokes on you the current Supreme leader of Iran is an Azari as well.
@@KingExituS I suggest you to see Tractor team matches where millions of South Azerbaijani youth shout WE ARE TURKS! I am talking reality not your fantasy.
For an objective and scholarly look at the SHAH and his times, read two books by Professor Abbas Milani. He wrote the most updated biography on " The Shah " and another book called " The Myth of the Great Satan " which goes into the events that happened in the early 1950s.
We Iranians want our constitutional monarchy back!
Haha who is we? Lol 😂
i dont want it.Go to shah's house and get it
And for years the CIA has been in Ukraine doing CIA things.
Yes,.....blame the west
So technically USA created this current regime
Yep that includes Saddam, Qaddafi, polpot, the kim family and many dictator
@@Lana-xd7ey😂 you're funny
No
You guys can't take the truth
Polpot was raised to oppose communists in South East Asia
And again who won the war against Japan?
@@Lana-xd7ey why are you mentioning Japan?
Wtf are you talking about?
Most Iranians are naive to this history and ask for the same thing again. Mostly expats but nevertheless…. Back to democracy where everyone has a voice in Iran…..
i laugh at you for beliving these lies, mosaddeq was appointed by the shah himself to nationalize the oil yet he used his position to dissolve the parliment and tried to overthrow the shah.
@@arashjafari3283 laughing at me will not solve the problems that Iran is facing. Your comment exactly highlights my point that most Iranians are not fluent in the recent history unfortunately. The 1921 coup, overthrowing Reza Shah in 1941 (placing him in exile while making his son the new king- just think about how that would make any sense), another coup in 1953, all while every oil rich country in the Middle East was being ruled by a British/ American appointed puppet (Iraq, Jordan, Saudi, etc.) to establish the Petro-dollar as the basis of US dollar as (eventually) a fiat currency and currency reserve to protect the Bretten Woods agreement in order for the US government to have exonomical control over most countries. It is all connected to this day where Brics is working to end this system. It is easy to get emotional about these issues and lose sight of the bitter realities but I encourage you to read more balanced documents and really understand this. Iran is for all Iranians irrespective of lineage, language, dialect, religion and skin color. That’s how Iran was founded by Cyrus. Todays requirements are different than yesterdays and Iran needs to be a secular democracy and the voice of all should be heard. I understand and respect your sentiments and I know that it is painful to watch the situation but only the unification of the people will put Iran on a path forward, not attaching ourselves to a decaying US led system. We need to look at our culture and heritage and rebuild based on that. With all respect to you.
Pahlavi had always been a coward. I'm glad the monarchy was abolished, though I'd prefer another kind of republic for the Iranian people.
I'd prefer a soviet socialist republic, but I'd settle for a democratic peoples republic.
Iran should've been a military socialist republic with an intense anti soviet and slavic characteristic
That don't end up well either@@Josh93B93
what soviet russia got from afghanistan@@Josh93B93
He kinda looks like Phil Leotardo
Supremely based timing on this
What do you mean "turned it" was it a thriving democracy before ? The only thing they did was strengthen the Shahs hand.
It was an extremely informative, incridable, and wonderful historical coverage episode about[ Eijack coup-1953 ] operation , which rescued iran Mohammed Rezh Shah throne from fall down. RTH always introduces incridable historical coverage episodes....thank you Sir 🙏 for sharing this magnificent video.
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Hmmm for oil…. Right…. Sounds familiar…
This was largely about oil. These are where the invading for oil comments are born from. Iraq wasn't about oil. It was about supporting Israel.
@@Black-Sun_Kaiser sure, I just have a personal belief that all engagements in the Middle East were for Israel in some sense
@@Cam12369 I agree:)
Ah look, yet another new title and thumbnail
thank you for taking this on.
the sequence of events in Iran have always been sort of swept under the carpet
to suit the cold war dogma of later US and UK administrations.
ps: roasted chestnuts are over-rated, british or otherwise.
As a roasted chesnut, I disagree with you.
@@milionST did you pull yourself out of the proverbial fire, or did the....someone else?
The monarchists arent gonna like this one