proposed change in iran coup article lead aliwiki above and kurdo here have both made complaints about the proposed changes that i think have merit so i'm revising the change so that iran falling under the influence of the expansionist soviet communist empire refers to the us administration point of view and not a statement of fact the to be revised text and revised text are in italics current wording initially britain mobilized its military to seize control of the abadan oil refinery the world's largest but prime minister clement attlee opted instead to tighten the economic boycott mohammad mosaddeq and the coup in iran while using iranian agents to undermine his government kinzer all the shah's men p in october mosaddeq orders the british embassy shut after learning of british plotting to overthrow him with a change to more conservative governments in both britain and the united states churchill and the u s administration of dwight d eisenhower decided to overthrow iran's government though the predecessor u s truman administration had opposed a coup kinzer stephen all the shah's men hoboken n j john wiley sons inc p the tangible benefits the united states reaped from overthrowing iran's elected government was a share of iran's oil wealthkinzer stephen overthrow america's century of regime change from hawaii to iraq henry holt and company p as well as the resolute prevention of the slim possibility that the iranian government might align itself with the soviet union although the latter motivation produces controversy among historians as to the seriousness of the threat proposed change initially britain mobilized its military to seize control of the abadan oil refinery the world's largest but prime minister clement attlee opted instead to tighten the economic boycott mohammad mosaddeq and the coup in iran while using iranian agents to undermine his government kinzer all the shah's men p in october mosaddeq orders the british embassy shut after learning of british plotting to overthrow him by both britain and the united states had more conservative governments and the new us eisenhower administration reversed its predessor's opposition to a coup fearing that iran was in danger of falling under the influence of the expansionist soviet communist empire little douglas american orientalism the united states and the middle east since i b tauris p isbn the tangible benefits the united states reaped from overthrowing iran's elected government was a share of iran's oil wealthkinzer stephen overthrow america's century of regime change from hawaii to iraq henry holt and company p as well as the prevention of possibility that iran might fall under the influence of the communist soviet union gasiorowski mosaddeq p the reason for the change is the same as the original one and is discussed here i know you didn't make any comment on my last attempt but i hope you will find this one is a true improvement