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Date: April 26, 2024 at 14:29:07
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days |
URL: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthrew-irans-democracy-in-four-days |
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How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days
FEBRUARY 7, 2019 12:00 AM ET
yeah, thanks to the CIA coup's in Iran- in the 1950's--
they destroyed Iran's democracy to get their oil....
The US basically sent Iran back to the dark ages.
Everyone should know this by now.
On Aug. 19, 2013, the CIA publicly admitted for the
first time its involvement in the 1953 coup against
Iran's elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
1952: Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
Keystone/Getty Images
The documents provided details of the CIA's plan at the
time, which was led by senior officer Kermit Roosevelt
Jr., the grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
Over the course of four days in August 1953, Roosevelt
would orchestrate not one, but two attempts to
destabilize the government of Iran, forever changing
the relationship between the country and the U.S. In
this episode, we go back to retrace what happened in
the inaugural episode of NPR's new history podcast,
Throughline.
Mohammad Mossadegh was a beloved figure in Iran. During
his tenure, he introduced a range of social and
economic policies, the most significant being the
nationalization of the Iranian oil industry. Great
Britain had controlled Iran's oil for decades through
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. After months of talks the
prime minister broke off negotiations and denied the
British any further involvement in Iran's oil industry.
Britain then appealed to the United States for help,
which eventually led the CIA to orchestrate the
overthrow of Mossadegh and restore power to Mohammad
Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.
August 19, 1953: Massive protests broke out across
Iran, leaving almost 300 dead in firefights in the
streets of Tehran. Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad
Mossadegh was soon overthrown in a coup orchestrated by
the CIA and British intelligence. The Shah was
reinstalled as Iran's leader.
AFP/Getty Images
According to Stephen Kinzer, author of the book All the
Shah's Men, Roosevelt quickly seized control of the
Iranian press by buying them off with bribes and
circulating anti-Mossadegh propaganda. He recruited
allies among the Islamic clergy, and he convinced the
shah that Mossadegh was a threat. The last step
entailed a dramatic attempt to apprehend Mossadegh at
his house in the middle of the night. But the coup
failed. Mossadegh learned of it and fought back. The
next morning, he announced victory over the radio.
A 1950 photo of Kermit Roosevelt Jr., grandson of U.S.
President Theodore Roosevelt, and a former Central
Intelligence Agency official.
AP
Mossadegh thought he was in the clear, but Roosevelt
hadn't given up. He orchestrated a second coup, which
succeeded. Mossadegh was placed on trial and spent his
life under house arrest. The shah returned to power and
ruled for another 25 years until the 1979 Iranian
Revolution. The 1953 coup was later invoked by students
and the political class in Iran as a justification for
overthrowing the shah.
If you would like to read more on the 1953 coup, here's
a list:
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of
Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer
Countercoup: The Struggle for the Control of Iran by
Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
"Secrets of History: The C.I.A. in Iran" from The New
York Times (a timeline of events leading up to and
immediately following the coup)
"CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup" from The National
Security Archive (CIA documents on the Iran operation)
"64 Years Later, CIA Finally Releases Details of
Iranian Coup" from Foreign Policy magazine
We love to hear from our listeners! Tweet at us
@throughlineNPR, send us an email, or leave us a
voicemail at (872) 588-8805.
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Date: April 26, 2024 at 17:10:16
From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Record executions, large-scale arrests & detentions: Iran human rights |
URL: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/06/1137987 |
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This report isn't a year old.
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21 June 2023 Human Rights
The latest UN report on the human rights situation in
Iran paints a grim picture of a record number of
executions in 2022, arrests of thousands of children
and numerous allegations of torture and ill-treatment
by security forces.
“The overall human rights situation in the Islamic
Republic of Iran has markedly deteriorated against the
backdrop of continuously worsening socio-economic
conditions, aggravated by sanctions and the lingering
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Nada Al-Nashif,
UN deputy human rights chief, presenting the report to
the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The report focuses on developments since the onset of
nationwide protests following the death of 22-year-old
Jina Mahsa Amini on 16 September last year. Three days
after she fell into a coma and died in police custody,
following her arrest by Iran’s so-called Morality
Police.
Hundreds put to death
The report notes with serious concern the high number
of death penalty sentences and executions during the
reporting period.
“In 2022, 582 people were executed”, noted the Deputy
High Commissioner of UN human rights office OHCHR.
“That is a 75 per cent increase compared to 2021 during
which 333 people were reportedly executed. There were
three children among those executed in 2022. Of the
total number of executions, 256 were for drug-related
offences.”
According to Ms. Al-Nashif, this marks the highest rate
of drug-related executions in the country since 2017.
At least 44 children killed
The total detained for taking part in the protests is
estimated at around 20,000, the report said.
Thousands of children are estimated to have been among
those arrested during the protests, while at least 44
children, including 10 girls, were reportedly killed by
security forces using lethal force.
The highest number of deaths was reported in the Sistan
and Baluchistan Province, where at least 10 children
were killed.
“There have been numerous allegations of torture and
ill-treatment of individuals by security forces during
arrest and interrogation to extract forced confessions
as well as allegations of sexual and gender-based
violence committed against women, men and children,
especially in detention,” said Ms. Al-Nashif.
“Prison conditions including denial of medical care,
dire sanitary conditions, contaminated drinking water
and overcrowding, remain of concern.”
Rights diminishing
Since the onset of protests, respect for the right to
freedom has significantly deteriorated, the Human
Rights Council heard.
State policy was also found to have become more
stringent in enforcing mandatory veiling and imposing
harsher penalties on women and girls who fail to
respect the ruling.
AI tracks veil offenders
“On 15 August 2022, the President signed a decree which
includes the introduction of face-recognition
technology to track and punish unveiled women or those
who actively question compulsory veiling”, said the
deputy UN rights chief.
“At the legislative level, new draft provisions to the
Penal Code are being considered in parliament to expand
the scope of offences for non-compliance, allowing
imprisonment, flogging and other punishments.”
The report also noted Iran’s failure to protect the
physical and mental well-being of female students and
attacks on their right to education.
Suspected poisonings
“As of 2 March of this year more than 1,000 students,
the majority of whom are girls, had reportedly been
affected by suspected poisoning in 91 schools in 20
provinces. The authorities provided conflicting
accounts of these incidents,” noted Ms. Al-Nashif.
Ali Bahreini, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
of Iran to the UN in Geneva, rejected the report
outright as inaccurate.
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Date: April 26, 2024 at 18:34:33
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: stop changing my thread title |
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and what does your article have to do with what I posted
about the long history of US/British coups in Iran? If
one does not know or understand the history of Iran and
what the US did to destroy the democracy of Iran, better
check it out, thks.
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Date: April 26, 2024 at 18:44:34
From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: The logical progression... |
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"what does your article have to do with what I posted
about the long history of US/British coups in Iran? "
You could most easily say it is the logical progression
of people losing their rights of self-determination to
predators.
You might say the generations of women lost to
patriarchal forces is another hallmark of religious
dictatorships.
And you would be correct if what you see is the future
of the entire middle east without some mitigating
factors against the Islamic State.
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Date: April 26, 2024 at 18:55:59
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: The logical progression... |
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all thanks to the US/CIA overthrows....in the 50's and
since then.
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Date: April 27, 2024 at 03:57:14
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: yep(NT) |
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Date: April 26, 2024 at 19:05:53
From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: The logical progression... |
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Again, that's what comes of losing the right of self
determination.
Whether from, religious tyranny, militarization,
corporatization...
Anti- human. Pro-slavery, anti-planet, pro-
domination...
Careful, watch your alliances.
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Date: April 27, 2024 at 14:21:22
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: so you admit the US removed Iran's capacity for self-determination? |
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& you agree with Pam's initial post then.
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Date: April 26, 2024 at 18:18:33
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: nothing to do w/ 1953 CIA coup of democratically elected Mossadegh(NT) |
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