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Article 802
In the 1940s, the common perception of the Shah as a puppet of the West in Iran was inevitable because of oil. While most of the political issues are debatable, the conditions of the oil concession were so skewed in favor of Britain that every one united behind Mossadiq without needing to have the power of scientific analysis of the oil issue, only based on the name and fame of the nationalization of oil, and this issue is well understood.
Britain was also to blame for creating this atmosphere because for many years they acted solely to maximize their profits from oil without considering the strength of the people’s reaction. England only offered a fairer distribution of oil when it realized it could not maintain its position; When the principle of fairness dictated that Iran could not accept it, and therefore the escalation of the dispute became unavoidable, and this was while in Iran’s view, it was like a mouse that rose up against a lion, and from this point of view, there was not any doubt that Iran will be defeated in this war.
In fact, Iran’s conflict with England started with the signing of the initial oil contract with D’Arcy, although no oil had been discovered at that time, and therefore it could be said that the terms of the deal were neither fair nor unfair. However, the way the contract was concluded the role of the Ketabchi Khan and the bribery of Amin ul-Sultan the institutionalized corruption in the Qajar dynasty, and the damage that was caused to the Iranian nation from the very beginning made Iranians disgusted by the shameful and corrupt game of signing the Darcy contract and the seed of a movement that was planted; the result was the Iranian constitution revolution which made the Iranian people’s hatred of the Darcy Agreement written and public by including the principle that the executive branch does not have the right to conclude a contract with a foreigner or any Iranian subject regarding national reserves, including oil.
Unfortunately, this constitution 30 years later, due to the ignorance of the people and the corruption of Shah, who was more corrupt than Muzaffar ed-Din Shah and more dependent on foreign powers, England, the United States, and Germany than Ahmad Shah, could not be effective. So, the dictator Shah, with his nauseating power, extended that annoying contract for another 30 years, while during the years 1901 to 1934, the situation of the whole world had changed drastically; Russia had become the Soviet Union, and oil consumption in the world had greatly increased due to the growth of the automobile industry. At this time, England was taking nearly 85% of the profit from its oil monopoly in Iran, and Iran was taking 15% of the profit, which was obviously unfair. Iran asked for negotiations, but because Iran was ruled by an illiterate dictator, Iran was defeated again and the seeds of chaos remained until 20 years later, when it re-emerged as a festering wound.
Thus, during the period of oil nationalization, a political movement centered on the unfair oil deal was formed under the leadership of Mossadiq with the aim of reforming the existing oil contract. This movement left extraordinary effects that were hidden from everyone at the beginning and neither Iran nor Britain had understood its repercussions, and in the meantime, Mossadiq acted the worst of all. In fact, Mossadiq had no knowledge of the state of the world, of the state of oil, of the corruption among his colleagues and allies in the National Front, nor of the severity of corruption and betrayal among his family members. If someone can prove that he knew, he can say that contrary to what people think and believe about him, he must have known that he committed a great betrayal against the people of Iran in this deal. Before the start of the nationalization of oil, in its negotiations with Razmara, Britain reacted by proposing a 50-50 split of the profit. This was acceptable. But Mossadiq, whose information was even less than that of Muzaffar Baqaei, who foolishly claimed that the day after the British ran out of Iranian oil, the buyers of Iranian oil would line up in the Persian Gulf to buy oil from Iran, had the illusion that it was possible to A better result was obtained. He clearly had bad intentions towards England and did not decide to negotiate with England. Contrary to what he said many times in public [if I accept this, others will say that he took the oil from England and gave it to America], he strongly wanted to give the oil to the Americans and on this basis, he rejected any proposal from the British that was beneficial to both sides to some extent. The result was that when England was disappointed, against its own will, which never wanted more American presence in Iran and the Middle East, it reached out to the United States and demanded that they remove Mossadiq from the scene hand in hand.
Considering Iran’s weak political structure, Britain and America came to a clear conclusion that the immediate monetary cost of regime change is much lower than the benefit of returning to an oil agreement with Mossadiq, and the cost is that moral considerations were valued so much that the value of oil should not be overcome.
Once this decision was made, enough money was invested to buy some people and do the necessary propaganda to change the behavior of others. Propaganda was able to change people’s beliefs and bring Mossadiq’s government to the bottom.
After the coup, the Shah, who cooperated with America, returned to power. He negotiated a much better oil deal for the West, and in return, he was allowed 25 years of oppressive rule and to robe national funds pouring into his and his followers’ pockets.
Source: Ahmad Shahvary. Open File:19th August1953 United States and Britain Coup d’état in Iran
9th August 1953 United States and Britain Coup d’état in Iran
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