He wanted to find a direct water route from West Europe to Asia
The correct answer is D) staged a coup to overthrow the Iranian government and install Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi as a dictator.
In response to a supposed Soviet threat to Middle Eastern oil, the American Central Intelligence Agency in 1953 staged a coup to overthrow the Iranian government and install Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi as a dictator.
We are talking about a CIA's plan to remove Mohammad Mosadeggh from the government and put Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi in his place as the new ruler of Iran. This happened in August 1953. The CIA worked closely with Great Britain intelligence in an operation called "Ajax." The United States helped finance the operation because, in those years of the Cold War, Iran had proven to be an important ally of the US in the Middle East region.
Diese politische Karikatur von 1924 zeigt, wir die SPD-Politiker Philipp Scheidemann (vorne mit Dolch) und Matthias Erzberger (dahinter), den Soldaten "in den Rücken fallen". Mit derDolchstoßlegende sollte die Schuld an der Niederlage des Deutschen Reiches im Ersten Weltkrieg auf die Sozialdemokraten abgewälzt werden
Thinking civil war would break out if not resolved
Answer:
they can put a gun to their head and convince them