Did the US help to overthrow the democratically leader of Iran in 1953? Was there a coup?

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31. While he was there, of course. But Chile recovered after he was gone.

It is now considered a full democracy.

In September 2006, President Ricardo Lagos signed into law several constitutional amendments passed by Congress. These include eliminating the positions of appointed senators and senators for life, granting the President authority to remove the commanders-in-chief of the armed forces, and reducing the presidential term from six to four years while also disabling immediate re-election.

Sorry if I made it sound like it wasn't a disaster and I certainly didn't support a coup, but after he was gone, it didn't stay a military dictatorship and it is now a full democracy.

In Iran's case, during the 1979 revolution, they had plans for a secular govt., but it fell apart. It would have been much better if that secular govt would have been materialized.