Oil is an element in all major conflicts since 1914. Iran has been in the center of the storm since 1911 to be more specific. A German battleship, the panther, visited the Agadir harbor in Morocco which was surprising for the British. The reason was that The Panther was working using oil, not coal like British Royal navy ships. What is that supposed to mean? Longer distance, bigger battleship, more guns and stronger in general terms.
Winston Churchill was appointed First Lord of Admiralty. Churchill was facing an inevitable issue technical in nature; convert the Royal Navy to oil as source of power in place of coal. Churchill's concern was for the safe and secure local coal source mainly in Welsh. And Churchill decided to go with oil for the benefits of better speed and efficient use of man power. The British Royal Navy supremacy in sea controlling major shipping routes was the key for being a global empire. Churchill recognizes this and works on getting ready for the future coming war with Germany.
Iran oil became vital to all British future war and economic planning. The Iranian city of Abadan contained the biggest oil refinery in the world by that time. However, Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh on 15/March/1951 cut the long story short for the British when the parliament passed the bill he introduced, and nationalized the Iran Oil industry. Mossadegh now crosses the red line and the British get ready for revenge. But, they weren't able to work on toppling Mossadegh alone, so the Americans needed to participate. And as the usual tradition in the U.S, no free chasse even for their British allies.
British let go a considerable portion of Iran oil for Rockefeller companies in exchange for American participation in operation Ajax 1953. American dollars bought few Iranians, mullahs, and shop owners in Tehran bazar. It starts from there. Americans work on spreading rumors that Prime Minister Mossadegh was communist and a puppet for Tudeh communist party. The Bazar shop owner got paid large sum of money to gather a groups of demagogue, protest and attack houses of Mullahs and mosques, raising Tudeh communist party flags while screaming communist slogans.
The Iranian regime thrown in 1953 was totally secular, and elected by Iranian people. But that doesn't matter for Americans and British. Iran in 1953 had no ultraorthodox Mullah regime, no death by hanging in public places for opposition, no Savak horrible secret police and no girls forced to wear hijab and veil. The Americans and British brought all of that back to Iran. If you don't give us your oil, we will screw you up ugly. Your mother won't recognize you.
The same scenario was duplicated to overthrow Mohammed Reza Pahlavi during 1978-1979. It all starts again with Tehran bazar shop owners and corrupted prepaid Mullahs ready to do whatever for a suitable price. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi had a plan to modernize Iran, and he required more royalty fees from oil companies. Another important piece of information related to the toppling of the Shah regime, Rockefeller bank Chase-Manhattan was the Iranian government bank. If the Shah is gone and new hostile mullahs take over, the bank will find an excuse to confiscate the money as debt obligations on the fallen shah regime.
Now if we move the time line to current events in Iran and the war with Israel and the U.S. It's all about the oil. Donald Trump didn't hide his true intentions. It's about oil, while the issue of the nuclear program is a side show. I was watching and reading American media such as NY times that the first American-Israeli strikes killed mostly moderate Iranian leaders. The ones that are ready to negotiate and compromise. What message does this send to the new Iranian leaders? Americans and Israelis always target moderates, and this is their policy in Palestine, Iran, Iraq and everywhere. They assassinated the moderates so the more fanatical extremists take over, and the hostilities continue, and the oil price continues to rise, American oil companies will make more profit.
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