Iran to debate suing US over 1953 coup support
Source: Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's parliament has approved fast tracking debate on a bill that seeks to sue the U.S. for its involvement in the 1953 coup that overthrew the country's democratically elected prime minister.
Lawmakers will begin deliberations Wednesday over how to launch a formal complaint accusing the U.S. government of intervening in Iran's internal affairs and inflicting damages on the Persian state. The 290-seat house approved the urgent debate of the bill Tuesday in a session broadcast on state radio.
New declassified documents revealed recently offer more details of how the CIA orchestrated the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh 60 years ago.
The coup restored the oppressive regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was overthrown in the 1979 Iranian revolution by followers of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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Followed, I assume , by Guatemala and Chile whose democratically elected governments the US also helped depose.
Warpy
(110,900 posts)and we've got a whole new crop of them trying to drum up war against Syria.
Had Iran decided to sue by the 1980's, I'd have been cheering them on.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)who had personal financial interests in Guatemala via United Fruit.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Maybe there shouldn't be, but there probably is.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Greece is currently pursuing WW2 reparations against Germany.
WatermelonRat
(340 posts)But it would be difficult as hell to to work out a reparations payment. How do you measure the sufficient amount? Is it intended to cover the costs the coup inflicted, or as punishment? Does the time that's passed impact the amount? How would responsibility be split between the U.S., U.K., and supporters of the Shah? These are the types of things that would be difficult even if the U.S. and Iran were on very good terms.