Original sentence: But the Shah was uncooperative, and it would take much persuasion and many meetings to successfully execute the plan.He set up a national referendum to dissolve parliament.In August of 1952 Mossadegh attempted to convince the Shah to leave the country.Mossadegh became aware of the plots against him and grew increasingly paranoid of conspirators acting within his government.Parliament was suspended infinitely, and Mossadegh's "emergency powers" were extended.Since Iran's monarch was the only person who constitutionally outranked him, he percieved Iran's 33-year-old king to be his biggest threat.Taking advantage of his atmosphere of popularity, Mossadegh convinced the parliament to grant him sweeping powers and appointed Ayatollah Kashani as house speaker.The new US administration under Dwight Eisenhower and the British government under Winston Churchill eventually agreed that Mossadegh would have to go.The plot centered around convincing Iran's monarch to use his constitutional authority to dismiss Mossadegh from office, as he had attempted some months earlier.To prevent the plot from succeeding Mossadegh knew he would have to continue consolodating his power
Edited sentence: But the shah was uncooperative, and it would take much persuasion and many meetings to successfully execute the plan.Mossadegh became aware of the plots against him, and he set up a national referendum to dissolve parliament.Taking advantage of his atmosphere of popularity, Mossadegh convinced the parliament to grant him increased powers and appointed Ayatollah Kashani as house speaker.The new US administration under Dwight Eisenhower and the British government eventually agreed that Mossadegh would have to go.This was, of course, exploited by US- and British-funded opposition press.To prevent the plot from succeeding, Mossadegh attempted to convince the 33-year-old monarch to leave the country