Robert Parry: A CIA Hand in an American “Coup”?

[Dustlawyer]

2. I can remember watching the news back then (all 3 channels) while they showed thousands marching in

in the streets of Tehran shouting "death to America!" We were told that they were just a bunch of "crazy people" and "religious fanatics!" They knew what we did to their "elected" Prime Minister. It never made sense to me until I took a government class on Iran at the University of Texas. My professor was the White House advisor on Iran as he had many former students there and made a trip posing as a German reporter. He advised Carter and his staff that the Revolution was imminent, but Zbignev Bresinski said the Shah was too powerful and they needed to reign him in. 2 weeks later Khomeni returned from exile and the revolution was on.
My professor knew in 1986 that the CIA overthrew the elected Iranian government and installed the Shah. It cost $200,000 to get the poor in Tehran to march to Mossadegh's home, drag him out, and he was arrested. A show trial was quickly had and he was hanged. His crime, he threatened to nationalize the oil fields that BP had developed if they were not paid world market rate for their oil. BP ran to the British government, who came to us. That is why they have hated us ever since.
This info has been known for a long time yet, the news networks lied to us then about what happened and now they act like this is newly discovered information.