Original sentence: CIA and British MI5, the pro-monarchy forces quickly gained the upper hand, stormed government offices and ransacked the prime minister's official residence.Mossadegh became aware of the plots against him and grew increasingly wary of conspirators acting within his government.Parliament was suspended indefinitely, and Mossadegh's "emergency powers" were extended.Since Iran's monarch was the only person who constitutionally outranked him, he perceived 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 increased powers and appointed Ayatollah Kashani as house speaker.This was in turn cited by US- and British-funded opposition press as a reason to remove Mossadegh from power.To prevent the plot from succeeding Mossadegh knew he would have to continue consolidating his power
Edited sentence: CIA and British MI5, the pro-monarchy forces quickly gained the upper hand, and stormed government offices and ransacked the prime minister's official residence.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.To prevent the plot from succeeding Mossadegh knew he would have to continue consolodating his power