Iran to debate suing US over 1953 coup support

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's parliament has approved fast tracking debate on a bill that seeks to sue the U.S. for its involvement in the 1953 coup that overthrew the country's democratically elected prime minister.

Lawmakers will begin deliberations Wednesday over how to launch a formal complaint accusing the U.S. government of intervening in Iran's internal affairs and inflicting damages on the Persian state. The 290-seat house approved the urgent debate of the bill Tuesday in a session broadcast on state radio.

New declassified documents revealed recently offer more details of how the CIA orchestrated the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh 60 years ago.

The coup restored the oppressive regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was overthrown in the 1979 Iranian revolution by followers of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

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Followed, I assume , by Guatemala and Chile whose democratically elected governments the US also helped depose.

[Warpy]

1. Unfortunately, those schmucks are all dead by now

and we've got a whole new crop of them trying to drum up war against Syria.

Had Iran decided to sue by the 1980's, I'd have been cheering them on.

[dipsydoodle]

4. The worst of the bunch were the Dulles Bros.

who had personal financial interests in Guatemala via United Fruit.

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Probably a statute of limitations on kicking over another sovereign nation's government.

Maybe there shouldn't be, but there probably is.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Doubt it.

Greece is currently pursuing WW2 reparations against Germany.

[WatermelonRat]

5. I'm for an acknowledgement and apology

But it would be difficult as hell to to work out a reparations payment. How do you measure the sufficient amount? Is it intended to cover the costs the coup inflicted, or as punishment? Does the time that's passed impact the amount? How would responsibility be split between the U.S., U.K., and supporters of the Shah? These are the types of things that would be difficult even if the U.S. and Iran were on very good terms.