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 of�the UK intelligence services, the CIA prepared the plot after�Mosaddegh attempted to�nationalize oil interests owned by�the �British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, later known as�BP.


They feared that the proposed nationalization of�oilfields owned by�the company would lead to�a domino effect in�the Middle East, where some 60 percent of�the world's known oilfields were located.

The coup consolidated the power of�the Shah monarchy, which ruled Iran until�the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Since then, Tehran has staunchly rejected any form of�foreign intervention in�its affairs.

Last month, US Secretary of�State�Rex Tillerson�angered Tehran with�a public admission to�the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the US is still pursing regime change there.
"Our policy towards�Iran is to�push back on�this hegemony, contain their ability to�develop obviously nuclear weapons, and to�work toward�support of�those elements inside�of Iran that would lead to�a peaceful transition of�that government,"�Tillerson said.


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

Jalal-zade Seyid Mojtaba, an expert in�international relations at�Tehran's Islamic Azad University told Sputnik Persian that any renewed attempts by�the US to�engineer regime change in�Iran are doomed to�failure.
"First of�all, after�the monarchical regime was defeated in�1979�Iran became an Islamic republic�and democratic institutions developed very quickly; they became the mainstay of�Iranian society. That is, now the people decide their own fate. Yes, they can't choose high-ranking officials directly, but�they can nevertheless express their consent or discontent, and this plays a paramount role in�political life. Therefore, it isn't worth expecting an interventionist coup in�a society where power really belongs to�the people," Mojtaba explained.


"The second very important aspect is the relationship between�Iran and the United States. In that period [1953], the court officials who opposed the government of�Dr. Mosaddegh had close ties with�the US."
"But Iranian politicians and parliamentarians today don't have any ties to�the Americans. Therefore, given the lack of�connections and levers of�pressure on�Iran's internal political life, the likelihood that the Americans will be able to�implement this plan � to�change the government in�Iran � is extremely small. However, let's not forget that the Americans didn't carry out�the 1953 coup on�their own. Their allies were involved � other foreign forces which provided the Americans with�powerful support."