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

became the
preferred option. The United States made efforts to mediate in
the dispute between Britain and Iran.

In the meantime in the United
Kingdom the Conservative Party came to office
in 1951. An analysis of the Conservative Party’s policy towards the Iranian
oil crisis in its coming to power has been made. As the British and Iranian
Governments could not reach an agreement, the British Government enforced an
economic sanction on Iran and blockaded Iranian oil. This resulted in
economic discontent and political turmoil in Iran. The Iranian Communist
Party offered its support to the Iranian Government and called for a
People’s Democratic Republic. At the same time the Soviet Union announced
its offer of aid to Iran. Fear of the Soviet challenge and the backing that
the Iranian Communist Party was giving to the Iranian Government brought the
United States and Britain together. The United States saw a basic identity
of interest with Britain, maintaining the flow of oil from Iran. Iranian oil
was vital for the western economy and easy access to the rich Iranian oil
reserves by the West became the United States’ concern. In a joint
Anglo-American operation the Iranian Government in 1953 was overthrown.

This has been followed by a
work on how the British Government in the

aftermath of
the nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, the main
British interest in the Persian Gulf, sought to safeguard the national
interest of Great Britain, access to the oil reserves and stable conditions
for its production, in the Persian Gulf. It has been indicated that for
economic and defensive reasons, Britain in co-operation with the United
States protected British interests in the Persian Gulf. The Anglo-Iranian
Oil Company’s crisis was a major test of British power and influence in the
Middle East and therefore it was of considerable importance for Britain’s
position in that area in the future.

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