We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
T.S. Elliot
Taste of Rhubarb
On Monday, 21st July 1952 , the day Iran lost the future and her young democracy was killed in streets.
70 years ago , Prime Minster Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh met the King Mohammad Reza on Wednesday 16th 1952 July and demanded the command of armed forces for himself as Prime Minister to tackle with difficulties faced his government to resolve oil nationalization problems with British government. According to tradition, not law, defense minister assignment was a privilege for the Shah.
Shah opposed. Dr. Mossadegh resigned. Shah accepted the resignation and assigned Ghavam well known politician as new prime minister to fix the oil nationalization problems.
Tehran and major cities plunged in riots and demonstration in support of Dr. Mossadegh. The climax was on Monday , 21 July 1952. More than 30 bodies were killed during the clashes between mob and military forces. Shah and parliament bowed to protesters . Dr. Mossadegh recaptured the power.
In this day , all political power in Iran felled in Tehran streets . From that date the owner of streets surface in Iran was and is the real governor and ruler of the country, not parliament and law.
One year later , On 19 August 1953 , Dr. Mossadegh lost the helm by a military coup d’état . United States and Britons backed soldiers and lumpen took the streets of Tehran and expelled Dr. Mossadegh from Power. 25 years after , on the 11th February of 1979 , once again mob and demonstrators took the streets of Tehran . Monarchy regime was ended.
Still the owner and governor of Tehran streets is the real ruler of Iran. Power struggle took place in Streets rather in parliament or political parties.
On 21st July 1952, Iranian lost the precious wealth, Democracy, they had. Demonstrators imposed their will on Parliament and the king and the 12 years old democracy ( 1941-1953) was killed .
"Dr. Mossadegh lost the helm by a military coup d’état "
While the British and Americans deserve to be loathed for their plan and involvement in this coup, it is Iranian people who are primary responsible for it and ought to bare the shame for their involvement or lack of involvement in preventing it.
Absoulately correct
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If uprising of patriotic Iranians were not supported by US in August of 1953, the Iranians would have been speaking Russian right now and our compatriots would have been writing from Cuba, not in America.
yes , you are right . something that happeded in 27th April 1978 in Kabul by Soviet backed forces .
@Cyrous khan,
We either believe in self-determination and respecting the will of people or as the big powers, particularly the West practices, believing in self-determination as long as it fits our notion and interest.
Hungeria(1956), Russian tanks still running throghout the city. They killed 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet Army soldiers, and compelled 200,000 Hungarians to seek political refuge abroad.
They did , indeed.
Soviets arrested Imre Nagy ( 1896-1958) Hungaria nationalist leader , and sentensed him to death in 1958 .