Camran Mirza & All:
Now, these questions are very interesting & I would like to have a shot to respond to them. Before I begin, I would like to do an intro:
About Camran Mirza:
"I love this man (Alahazrat), the same as I love my father."
(Camran Mirza)
My digital memory allows me to remember above statement by Camran Mirza. This statement has been made, years ago.
About myself:
Everyone knows that I am one of the biggest "Logical Critics" of Mosadeq ol Saltaneh. Everyone also knows that I despise Jebhe Meli Iran, for its history of Opportunism, Reformism & Shaky deals during the Imperial Regime & the Islamic regime.
Therefore, Camran & I, are far from being Mosadeqists or Jebhei; however, we are both pro logic & as much as possible, we are trying to unbiasly review the history.
Now on to the questions we go,
"Q. Would Iran benefit more or less, if Dr. Mosadegh was not replaced by the Shah through the western support namely CIA in 1953 after he was abducted and had fled the country? "
Then
If you would have asked me this question before 1979 (Imperial Iran Era) or if the Imperial Iran was still in power today, then I would have answered you:
Iran would have ended up in a disaster, if Mosadeq had stayed in power.
Why you ask?
Because, Mosadeq & Jebhe Meli unlike Tudeh Communist Party, did not have the massive backings of the masses behind them. Once Mosadeq would have gained control, then Tudeh Party would have been easily removed the control from his hands & Iran would have become @ best a Marxist state & @ worst, the 16th republic of Soviet Union.
That is why, I am one of the few people who has large enough balls to openly defend & support the 28 Mordad, 1953 coup.
Now
If you ask me this question today (2005), when we are in the 27th year of the Islamic occupation of our land, then my answer will be different:
If Mosadeq had stayed in power, Iran would have been better off today!
Why you ask?
Because there would have been two scenarios:
a) Best Scenario:
Mosadeq would end Monarchy, establish a democratic republic. Due process, free elections, participations of all political parties in the political process & political education of the masses would occur. Iran would have been a democratic country; therefore, the political oppression of Pahlavis would have never continued. Without the Pahlavi police state & political suffocation, the Islamic Revolution would have never occurred. Today's Iran would have been a Democratic Republic, far more sophisticated than the Islamic Shiite Hole that it is!
b) Worst Scenario:
Mosadeq would lose control, Tudehists would gain control. Iran would become "People's Democratic Republic of Iran". Dr. Yazdi, would become Chairman of the ruling party, Communist Tudeh Party of Iran. Tabari, Eskandari, Kianuri & rest of the comrades would make up the fabrication of the Central Committee. Democracy, Jebhe Meli & Monarchy would be banned. Iran would become a full-blown Marxist nation. Even in this scenario, Marxism due to its scientific, secular, revolutionary & progressive nature, would have evolved Iranian brains & educate them to become secular people. Same as Eastern Europe, eventually Marxism would have been collapsed in Iran & democracy would have been prevailed; however, after decades of secular education & teachings of evolutionist science, it was highly unlikely for Iran to fall in Islam's hands, due to an Islamic Revolution! So today's Iran would once again, become a Democratic Republic.
So either way you look @ it, Worst or Best Scenario, if the 28 Mordad, 1953 coup would have not occurred, then today, instead of an Islamic contagion, we would have had a Democratic Republic, most likely as progressive as Germany or Japan!
So on 1978, in Imperial Iran, I would have told you that 28 Mordad saved Iran from a Marxist Revolution. But today in 2005, after 27 years of Islam, Shiiting all over Iran, I can strongly declare that one way or another, @ best or worst scenario, we would be better off if Mosadeq was succeeded & Monarchy would have ended on 1953.
Either way, Jebhei or Tudehi controlled Iran on 1953, would have resulted in a progressive Democratic Republic of Iran in 2005, rather than an Islamic Shiite Hole of today!
I hate to admit it & I hate to sound like I am in agreement with Jebheists or Tudehists, anywhere in history; however, as a historian, I must remain unbiased & judge/study the history as a science.
So today on 2005, even as a solid defender of the 28 Mordad's 1953 Coup, I hate to admit it, but I am convinced that we would have been better off in hands of Jebhe or Tudeh, back then, than in hands of Islam today! This is Death & nothing is worst than Death!
But then again, if it was up to me, I would go back in history to 1925 & support Reza Khan to never give in to Monarchists & be forced to become a Shah! I would have supported Reza Khan to become the first president of Iran, continue the path of Attaturk in Turkey & establish a Secular Republic. If Reza Khan was permited to do as he pleased, then Monarchy would have been ended on 1925, Islam would have never taken control on 1979, & Iran would have been an advanced Secular Democratic Republic today. In a way, Reza Khan committed a political suicide for himself & for Iran by giving in to Monarchists on 1925 & accepting to become Shah & starting the Pahlavi Dynasty!
Indeed I would have rathered to see Reza Khan as the 1st president of Iran than Mosadeq!
"Q. What do you think, if Iran had continued it's republic until today, without the Shah?"
Today's Iran would have been a 2nd world, global power, rather than a 3rd world Shiite Hole! Iran would most likely be as advanced as Western European powers.
"Q. Was it not to the best of interest for the West to keep Iran under Monarchy instead of Republic? "
Yes indeed. The west had to block Communism by all means possible. An obedient Imperial Iran would have been a great servant for USA & UK. But then again, as soon as Alahazrat got a large head & started to challenge the West to a duel, CIA & MI6 kicked him out of power! Alahazrat was a bad poker player! He bluffed, without having any wild cards (backing of his own people)! So he lost the game to the Masters!
Ahreeman shall now exit the building.
Well thank you, thank you, Thank you very much (with a lip twitch, Elvis Style)!
AX