What if Eisenhower refused to help the British overthrow Mossadegh?

In 1952, Iran was a secular and democratic constitutional monarchy, governed by Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh who wanted to nationalize his country's oil, which was controlled by Britain's Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Foreign workers were expelled and Iran began to get the profits from its own oil, which were previously going straight into the pockets of the British.

Britain asked the Truman administration of the United States to help them overthrow the king. The Truman administration refused to help the British, secretly emphasizing with Iran.

After Eisenhower came into office in 1953, the British convinced Eisenhower that Iran was run by Communist sympathizers, so Britain and the US funded a military coup which overthrew Mossadegh's democratic government and replaced it with the pro-Western, but autocratic government of Shah Pahlavi, who previously ruled as a constitutional monarch.

In 1979, after attempting to introduce Western culture into Iran, Pahlavi was overthrown by the Islamic Revolution and sent into exile.

So, what if the Eisenhower administration followed the example of the Truman administration and refused to help the British overthrow Mossadegh?
 
While the British keep the embargo on Iranian oil?

I can see Mossadegh asking the Soviets for help.

What, buy Iranian Oil?
Send in Soviet Troops? That would kick off the Coup right there.

By time he would ask for Soviet help, he has done these less than Democratic things

He dissolved the Senate and closed the Majlis, the lower house, and then dismissed the Supreme Court.

He pretty much was right at 'Dictator'
 
Iran would still be in trouble because of the oil embargo unless the US gained foresight and tell the British to layoff the embargo out of fear this tactic would draw Iran closer to the Soviets.

On the other hand, the US could purchase a lot of oil from Iran to counteract the embargo, but it'd probably damage the relationship between them. Mossadegh would regain his popularity with the embargo circumvented or ended
 
What, buy Iranian Oil?

Probably not, even if though they dind't have their Siberian oilfields up and running at the time.

Send in Soviet Troops? That would kick off the Coup right there.

Hardware and military advisers to stabilise the regime.
I see this more of a resource denial strategy.

By time he would ask for Soviet help, he has done these less than Democratic things

He dissolved the Senate and closed the Majlis, the lower house, and then dismissed the Supreme Court.

He pretty much was right at 'Dictator'

Yes, we know he was no saint. But what's your point?
 
Yes, we know he was no saint. But what's your point?

The OP states Iran was a democratic constitutional monarchy. These things sound neither democratic nor constitutional.

I never understand the need to do this, btw. You can believe western intervention is bad without painting the previous regime as whiter than white.
 
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