Basically, Iran tried to take back its oil. The British and Americans teamed up in secret to crush that idea and send a warning to the rest of the world. Britain had built its empire and navy on cheap Iranian oil via the Anglo Iranian Oil Company, later British Petroleum Company. So when Mogad Mosaddeg. I don't want to say his name, I keep it up. London sought as a direct threat to its global power and profits. (24:24–24:33)
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Asserts that Britain's empire and navy relied on cheap Iranian oil through the Anglo Iranian Oil Company.
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