👉 NEW — Iran 1953: MI6 plots with Islamists to overthrow democracy
— Declassified UK (@declassifiedUK) August 1, 2023
by @markcurtis30
A little known aspect of the MI6/CIA coup in Iran 70 years ago this month was UK support of leading radical Shia Islamists, the predecessors of Ayatollah Khomeini.https://t.co/aJIbYteNVG
The UK government has long presented its aid budget as a beneficent gift to the world’s poor.
— Declassified UK (@declassifiedUK) July 31, 2023
But it developed out of Britain’s scramble to maintain and expand its corporate interests as its formal empire crumbled, write @ClaireProvost & @kennardmatt. https://t.co/MevzR6DVlW
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