Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1953, i whakakahoretia te kāwanatanga o te Pirimia Mohammed Mossadeq i roto i tētahi whakatikatika
i whakaritea e te CIA me te MI6. He maha nga Irani e kii ana ko te tukinga me te tautoko a te US mo te shah i whakaatu i te nuinga o te kawenga mo te mana o te shah, na te mea i arahi ki te "tino anti-American" o te 1979 revolution.