Allen W. Dulles, the director of central intelligence, approved $1 million on April 4 to be used "in any way that would bring about the fall of Mossadegh," the history says.
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"The aim was to bring to power a government which would reach an equitable oil settlement, enabling Iran to become economically sound and financially solvent, and which would vigorously prosecute the dangerously strong Communist Party."
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The shah was a problem from the start. The plan called for him to stand fast as the C.I.A. stirred up popular unrest and then, as the country lurched toward chaos, to issue royal decrees dismissing Dr. Mossadegh and appointing General Zahedi prime minister.
To anyone who light have forgotten, the CIA sponsored the coup that overthrew a democratically elected leader to install the Shah.
This was prior to the revolution in 1979, during Eisenhower's administration, and it could be argued, inspired it.
I've yet to see coherent argument as to why the States is conducting military operations. I've seen many half-truths, but nothing resembling a united front. Everytime someone opens their moth, there is a different justification. What a mess.