HIS343Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Baghdad Pact, Savak, Persian Language
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His343 lecture 6 - 2/12/13 - iran, intelligence, and the failure of the shah. 1980 - failed us intelligence operation, operation eagle claw, to rescue the americans from the iranian hostage crisis. Canadians become the eyes and ears for the us intelligence - ongoing developments with the protests at the embassy - canadian embassy also shelters 6 americans, Iran affair that includes the hostage crisis destroys jimmy carter"s presidency, leads to the election of reagan. Difficulty of intelligence trying to predict the future in a revolutionary atmosphere the shah - mohammad rezah shah rose to power in 1941 after death of his father - Mossadeq (pm) left (us enemy), shah emerges as one of us" principal middle eastern allies. Iran, saudi arabia, and israel were the allies of us, pro-american regimes the baghdad pact (becomes central treaty organization, bento), pro-american.
