British Diplomatic Oil Crisis: Contemporary Anglo-Saxon Geopolitical Rivalries in the Persian Gulf: Drawing a Lesson? Or Sir Anthony Eden‘s Delusion of Grandeur.

activated simultaneously in
order to counter Tudeh support of
Musddiq.39

The
Rashidian brothers were given advice and kept informed by radio
about anti-Musaddiq activities, monitored from Beirut and Cyprus.
Forces against Musaddiq were growing and getting more and more
strong; on 19th August 1953 a demonstration headed towards
Musaddiq’s house. He did not attempt to resist by force and was
quickly arrested. Kermit Roosevelt immediately flew to London to
report to his MI6 colleagues and Churchill. Therefore, there was a
good deal of justification for Disraeli’s claim, when as noted in
the earlier part of the thesis, and also in this chapter, he said
that governments often continue with their predecessor’s policies.
This, indeed, proved to be the case. The plan to overthrow Musaddiq
by covert means started under the Labour Government and was executed
by the Conservative Government. Soon after Musaddiq’s overthrow
General Fazrollah Zahedi, appointed by the Shah as the Prime
Minister, chose his cabinet.

The Aftermath of the crisis

Convalescing from his
operation on a cruise between the Greek
islands, Eden heard the news of the final result and said, ‘I slept
better that night.’ 40 The London Times saw
the cause of Musaddiq’s fall in ‘dissatisfaction at his failure to
make even a show of carrying out his promises of social,
administrative and economic progress.’
41 The Spectator reacted by saying
about Musaddiq, ‘he rose to power with little but a colourful
personality and fanatical determination.’ 42