U.S. Perceptions of the Communist Threat in Iran during the Mossadegh Era

RT @rezaparchizadeh: Although much has been written about the 1953 coup in Iran, little effort has been made to study how U.S. policymakers…

Although much has been written about the 1953 coup in Iran, little effort has been made to study how U.S. policymakers perceived the evolving Communist threat in Iran during this period. https://t.co/hvIHu0Jqhx

Political scientist Mark Gasiorowski has concluded that no intelligence estimates believed a communist takeover in Iran was imminent at any time in 1953. While there was certainly a risk of this occurring, the risk probably didn't warrant the coup. 24/ htt

According to intelligence analysis from the CIA, State Department, DOD, and other sources, Iran’s communist organization, the Tudeh Party, was not in a position to seize power at any point in 1953, as Mark J. Gasiorowski concluded in an article last year.