70 years after Iranian coup, the British still won’t confess to their crimes | Chris Hedges Report
On Aug. 19, 1953, 70 years ago this week, the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh—who had seized Iran's vast oil fields from the British and put them under Iranian control—was removed from power in a coup organized and financed by the British and US governments. He was replaced by the dictatorial Shah, who immediately signed over 40% of Iran's oil fields to US companies. The coup ushered in a long nightmare of repression, buttressed by Iran's brutal secret police, SAVAK, trained and equipped by the CIA. The Shah not only crushed the democratic aspirations of Iranians, but enriched US oil companies and purchased billions of dollars of weapons from US weapons manufacturers. The dictatorship of the Shah fueled the virulent anti-American backlash that led to the 1979 Revolution and the establishment of a militant Islamic government. The Iran coup also became the template used by the CIA to overthrow other governments around the globe that challenged US hegemony and the exploitation by global corporations. While the CIA has acknowledged its role in the 1953 coup, to this day, the British government has not confessed to its imperialist crimes in Iran. Joining ‘The Chris Hedges Report’ to discuss his documentary, ‘Coup 53,’ is Iranian filmmaker Taghi Amirani. Amirani’s film uses newly discovered archival material to expose how the CIA and British intelligence worked clandestinely to overthrow Mosaddegh. Studio Production: David Hebden, Cameron Granadino, Adam Coley Post-Production: Adam Coley Watch The Chris Hedges Report live YouTube premiere on The Real News Network every Friday at 12PM ET: https://therealnews.com/chris-hedges-... Listen to episode podcasts and find bonus content at The Chris Hedges Report Substack: https://chrishedges.substack.com/ The Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing The Chris Hedges Report by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: https://therealnews.com/donate-yt-chr Sign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-yt-chr Like us on Facebook: / therealnews Follow us on Twitter: / therealnews #chrishedges #therealnewsnetwork
How the US Turned Iran Into a Dictatorship: The 1953 Coup (Documentary)
Britain Sold Palestine to Pay Its WWI Debt. The Balfour Declaration Was a Banking Deal!
An Iranian Odyssey; Mossadegh, Oil and the Coup
“It’s Always About Oil”: CIA & MI6 Staged Coup in Iran 70 Years Ago, Destroying Democracy in Iran
Is Iran the 'Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism?' (w/ John Kiriakou) | The Chris Hedges Report
Was Enoch Powell right about Britain? | Quite right!
The British Bullet So Brutal The Germans Called It A War Crime
Epstein, the Russian Mob, & the Hidden Assets of the Maxwells (w/ Moe T.) | The Chris Hedges Report
American-Backed Coups, Mapped
Bidding farewell to the American century | The Chris Hedges Report
How the war machine took over the Democrats w/ Dennis Kucinich | The Chris Hedges Report
Why Am I Not a Trotskyist?
I was an Israeli peace negotiator. Here’s what I later realised
Alastair Crooke: 'The Petrodollar era is now collapsing' | Ep. 31
Frank Dikötter and the True History of Communist China
Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | FT
The Chris Hedges Report: America's dangerous leaders with Andrew Bacevich
The Chris Hedges Report: Why Democrats lost the midterm election with Ralph Nader
The REAL Mafia Was Jewish — Before Italians Took Over
