AMERICA ADMITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR IRANIAN CRISIS
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright gave a speech in Washington D.C. explaining,"America and Iran's troubled history."
In 1953, the United States...overthrow of Iran's prime minister Mohammed Mosaddeq. President Eisenhower justified the coup (to protect America's interest in the Iranian oil fields).
During the next twenty-five years the U.S. backed the Shah's brutal regime which repressed political dissent. President Clinton said the United States must bear responsibility for the problems which have arisen in the U.S.-Iranian relations.
Robert Bower
Former CIA Operative
"The Devil We Know"
Pages 238-239
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We studied this debaucle in school and I remember that the motivation for Britain and America was to control Iran's oil.