Seven decades of US regime change efforts: What have they achieved?
More than seven decades after the United States helped to overthrow Iran’s elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, in 1953, the two countries are again locking horns. The ongoing war between Washington and Tehran began when the US and Israel launched strikes across Iran on February 28, claiming Tehran was on the cusp of acquiring nuclear weapons.
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More than seven decades after the United States helped to overthrow Iran’s elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, in 1953, the two countries are again locking horns. The ongoing war between Washington and Tehran began when the US and Israel launched strikes across Iran on February 28, claiming Tehran was on the cusp of acquiring nuclear weapons. The war has been marked by fighting across the region, including Iranian retaliatory attacks on Gulf states. The conflict has also spilled into Lebanon, where Israel says it is targeting strongholds of the Iran-backed group Hezbollah, and Yemen, where the Iran-backed Houthis are currently targeting Saudi-linked ships in the Red Sea.
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- More than seven decades after the United States helped to overthrow Iran’s elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, in 1953, the two countries are again locking horns. The ongoing war between Washington and Tehran began when the US and Israel launched strikes across Iran on February 28, claiming Tehran was on the cusp of acquiring nuclear weapons.
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