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Monday 17 July 2017 - 10:50
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Power to the people: US regime change ambitions in Iran doomed to failure

Sputnik - The US has publicly admitted its desire to engineer regime change in Iran, but in contrast to the CIA-orchestrated coup of 1953, Washington has very little chance of success this time, analyst Jalal-zade Seyid Mojtaba told Sputnik Persian.


Last month, the CIA released new documents regarding the 1953 coup which overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh. With the help ofthe UK intelligence services, the CIA prepared the plot afterMosaddegh attempted tonationalize oil interests owned bythe British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, later known asBP.


They feared that the proposed nationalization ofoilfields owned bythe company would lead toa domino effect inthe Middle East, where some 60 percent ofthe world's known oilfields were located.

The coup consolidated the power ofthe Shah monarchy, which ruled Iran untilthe 1979 Islamic Revolution. Since then, Tehran has staunchly rejected any form offoreign intervention inits affairs.

Last month, US Secretary ofStateRex Tillersonangered Tehran witha public admission tothe House Foreign Affairs Committee that the US is still pursing regime change there.
"Our policy towardsIran is topush back onthis hegemony, contain their ability todevelop obviously nuclear weapons, and towork towardsupport ofthose elements insideof Iran that would lead toa peaceful transition ofthat government,"Tillerson said.


Iran said the remarks were a violation ofinternational law and the UN charter, and lodged a diplomatic protest.

Jalal-zade Seyid Mojtaba, an expert ininternational relations atTehran's Islamic Azad University told Sputnik Persian that any renewed attempts bythe US toengineer regime change inIran are doomed tofailure.
"First ofall, afterthe monarchical regime was defeated in1979Iran became an Islamic republicand democratic institutions developed very quickly; they became the mainstay ofIranian society. That is, now the people decide their own fate. Yes, they can't choose high-ranking officials directly, butthey can nevertheless express their consent or discontent, and this plays a paramount role inpolitical life. Therefore, it isn't worth expecting an interventionist coup ina society where power really belongs tothe people," Mojtaba explained.


"The second very important aspect is the relationship betweenIran and the United States. In that period [1953], the court officials who opposed the government ofDr. Mosaddegh had close ties withthe US."
"But Iranian politicians and parliamentarians today don't have any ties tothe Americans. Therefore, given the lack ofconnections and levers ofpressure onIran's internal political life, the likelihood that the Americans will be able toimplement this plan tochange the government inIran is extremely small. However, let's not forget that the Americans didn't carry outthe 1953 coup ontheir own. Their allies were involved other foreign forces which provided the Americans withpowerful support."

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