NIghtmare of Jerusalem Part V – The Heavy Hand of the CIA, Mossad and MI6 in Post World War II Iran

 

Nightmare of Jerusalem Part V

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Part V reveals how CIA, Mossad and MI6 interference engineered the isolation of Iran, an open opponent of the 1948 UN partition of Palestine, from other Arab countries.

Recognition of Israel

In 1948, the Shah (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi) compelled the Iranian envoy to the UN to vote against the partition of Palestine (creating the State of Israel). President Truman invited the Shah to the White House and rewarded him with a a $400,000 bribe to officially recognize Israel.

Savak, the Shah’s secret police, was infiltrated and trained by the Mossad, which  assassinated 17,000 Iranian dissidents between 1over 20 years. The Mossad also spied on the Sha, all the government ministers and elected members of the Iranian  Consultative Assembly (ICA).

In 1951, a rift with the Shah caused the closure of the Iranian consulate in Jerusalem and Iran’s refusal to accept the Israeli envoy. The same year, extreme political and economic instability led the ICA to elect three prime ministers in 51 days, following the assassination of Ali Razara in March 1951. The ICA elected Mohammad Mossadegh prime minister on April 28, 1951. He served one year and eighty days. A CIA/MI6 coup removed him from power in 1953 after he nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

Following the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Islamic Republic shut down Israel’s El Al airlines in Iran and asked Israel to recall their planes. It then totally severed relations with Israel.

CIA and Mossad Organize Kurdish Separatist Groups

In the late seventies the CIA and Israeli intelligence begun fomenting and funding Kurdish separatist groups to 1) thwart ongoing attempts to build a unified Arab movement and 2) if possible overthrow Iran’s Islamic Republic. Although they continued to arm Kurdish rebels in Iran, Iraq and Turkey, they also backed Iraq’s attack on Kurdistan.

Iran-Iraq War

Iran and Iraq have a long history of border issues. On May 6, 1975 both regimes announced they had resolved their border issues, although property owners affected by the new boundary opposed the settlement.

After a blast in Beirut killed 300 US/French troops, the US blamed Iran (although Palestine’s Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility) and increased military aid for Iraq. In May 1982, Iran pushed their border war into Iraq. After Iran used floating bridges in 1984 in the Battle of the Marshes, Iran seized the upper hand in Southern Iraq. At this point, Saddam Hussein began using chemical weapons they received from the US, UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands. This shifted the military balance in Iraq’s favor.