Originally posted by: mrkun
Originally posted by: Aimster
Don't know who was President, but I think he might mean Eisenhower ordered a democratic government to be overthrown. Then the CIA helped install the Shah. The U.S did this, but I have no idea who was President at the time.
Yeah. Eisenhower ordered the democratically elected government of Iran overthrown and had the Shah installed. The Shah happened to be a rather corrupt dictator, and the revolution came about as a result.
If the Shah had a strong (and loyal) military + police there would have been no revolution and Iran might be run by a pro-western government today. Or could be another Saddam. Who knows.