Key Event 1: Eisenhower creates a coup (sep 12, 1953 – sep 12, 1953)

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- During WWII, Iran was occupied by US & Britain (North was occupied by US and South by Britain)
- Resources from Iran are key for countries
- At the end of WWII, Iran was supposed to be independent but the USSR would not leave

- Iran was a constitutional monarchy with a PM
- Mohammad Mossadegh gets elected and decides to nationalize Iranian oil
- US thinks the country will turn Communist under Mossadegh

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Eisenhower creates a coup

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