Essay On Coup 53

Film Review of Coup 53 Documentary The documentary Coup 53, was created by Iranian director Taghi Amirani, and he created this documentary to discover the truth about the coup that happened in Iran in 1953. The CIA and MI6 were involved in the coup to overthrow Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, who was at the time the prime minister of Iran. The U.S. had come out and said they were involved in the coup but the U.K. did no such thing, but Amirani wanted to unravel the truth about who had created the plan for the coup. Amirani had gone through extensive research until he eventually came across the name Norman Darbyshire who was the answer to all his questions. Darbyshire was an undercover MI6 agent who was responsible for the

It was explained that the British people had nice houses, gardens, etc. while the locals lived in mud houses. From this, it makes sense why Dr. Mossadegh wanted to eliminate foreign power within Iran so that the people of Iran could live better lives. Because Dr. Mossadegh stood up against power, that made him a foe of the United States and the United Kingdom, which led them to stage the coup against Dr. Mossadegh. The extent that both the U.S. and the U.K. went to perform the coup was significant. The U.S. government allowed the CIA to use one million dollars to fund the coup, to which they claimed they only needed $60,000. The U.K. on the other hand used one million and a half pounds to fund the coup. That just shows how badly both governments wanted Dr. Mossadegh gone as prime minister. Now with the money to fund the coup, they needed a plan on how they were going to execute it. Darbyshire said that they needed to get people in Iran with power on their side who was also against Dr. Mossadegh. They chose General Zahedi to be the next prime minister after the coup overthrew Dr. Mossadegh and the coup planners needed General Zahedi to be endorsed by the Shah as