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Re:Iran Complies with Nuclear Deal; Sanctions Are Lifted by refurb on Sunday January 17, 2016 @02:16AM (#10918664)
The protests against Mossadegh included tens of thousands of Iranians. Is it possible to create that kind of unpopularity out of thin air using money?[1]

"A startled CIA reported to the White House that "an unexpectedly strong surge of popular and military reaction to Prime Minister Mossadeq's government has resulted, according to the latest dispatches from Tehran, in the virtual occupation of the city by forces professing their loyalty to the Shah and to his appointed Prime Minister Zahedi."

I'm not saying US didn't get it's hands dirty, but to assume that Iran would be a peaceful, democratic country otherwise is being naive.

[1]http://www.cfr.org/iran/myth-american-coup/p30900

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Re:Iran Complies with Nuclear Deal; Sanctions Are Lifted by fencepost on Sunday January 17, 2016 @12:01PM (#10920030)
I don't think they paid all of them, no, but I think it's entirely possible to fund a group of organizers who could motivate a significant-sized protest.

I make no assumptions about how peaceful and democratic any country in the Middle East would be, with or without US involvement.

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