As US pushes Tehran, Iran recalls American-backed 1953 coup

Military Times: To understand how Iran views the United States after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the nuclear deal with world powers, one needs to look at the past.

More specifically, 65 years ago this week.

Then, a 1953 U.S.-backed coup toppled Iran’s elected prime minister and cemented the rule of the American-backed shah, lighting the fuse for the 1979 Islamic Revolution. For years after, authorities sought to eliminate the memory of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, whose downfall at the hands of the West linked directly back to his nationalization of vast British oil interests in Iran.

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