U.S. Overthrow of Mossadeq Government of Iran

In 1953, the U.S. along with the British engineered the overthrow of the democratically-elected Mossadeq government. Almost every Iranian remembers this, but very few Americans do.
In my last post, I described the positive role of Americans in the development of modern Iran. This video picks up the story with a look at international relations under [...]

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This post was written by Dr. Art Pitz on July 11, 2009 Comments (0)

Is Hungary a Cautionary Lesson for Iran?

President Obama is being criticized for not issuing strong statements in support of the pro-democracy forces in Iran.  Certainly, one can understand the appeal of this criticism as it would affirm our values and arguably could encourage those pro-democracy forces in Iran.
However, I am mindful of what happened when we did just that in Hungary [...]

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This post was written by Dr. Art Pitz on June 20, 2009 Comments (0)