{"id":64553,"date":"2018-08-20T17:08:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/20\/as-us-pushes-tehran-iran-recalls-american-backed-1953-coup\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:12:00","slug":"as-us-pushes-tehran-iran-recalls-american-backed-1953-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/2018\/08\/20\/as-us-pushes-tehran-iran-recalls-american-backed-1953-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"As US pushes Tehran, Iran recalls American-backed 1953 coup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TEHRAN, Iran \u2014 To understand how Iran <\/a>views the United States after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the nuclear deal <\/a>with world powers, one needs to look at the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More specifically, 65 years ago this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, a 1953 U.S.-backed coup toppled Iran\u2019s elected prime minister and cemented the rule of the American-backed shah, lighting the fuse for the 1979 Islamic Revolution. For years after, authorities sought to eliminate the memory of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, whose downfall at the hands of the West linked directly back to his nationalization of vast British oil interests in Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FILE – In this Sept. 27, 1951 file photo, Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh rides on the shoulders of cheering crowds in Tehran’s Majlis Square, outside the parliament building, after reiterating his oil nationalization views to his supporters. In 2018, as Iran deals with President Donald Trump’s decision to pull America from the nuclear deal with world powers, more are invoking the 1953 CIA-backed coup that toppled Mossadegh as proof the U.S. cannot be trusted. (AP Photo, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now, however, more and more officials across Iran’s political spectrum are reevaluating and invoking Mossadegh’s stand as they oppose Trump. That reflects a hardening attitude to any possible renegotiation, returning to a decades-old belief that America can’t be trusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Americans did not understand the issue. It was not just about the oil nationalization only,” said Abdollah Anvar, 94, who witnessed the 1953 coup as a young schoolteacher. “The issue was the humiliation and discrimination by Britain against the Iranian people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The U.S. became Britain’s heir to Iran after the coup,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 photo, 94-year-old Iranian researcher Abdollah Anvar, who witnessed the 1953 U.S.-backed coup as a young schoolteacher, speaks in an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Tehran, Iran. In 2018, as Iran deals with President Donald Trump’s decision to pull America from the nuclear deal with world powers, more are invoking the 1953 CIA-backed coup that toppled Mossadegh as proof the U.S. cannot be trusted. (AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\t