How The CIA Created This War with Iran For British Petroleum

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🎥 Watch the Video First

Before we go deeper, I highly recommend you watch the full video above. It’s a powerful breakdown by Dr. Ahmed Zaidi, a former Cambridge academic, revealing how one secret CIA operation reshaped the Middle East forever. The details matter — and they set the stage for everything we’re living through today.

A British Oil Empire, an Iranian Nation, and the Plan That Changed Everything

Hey hey Bitcoin Wealth Builders,

History doesn’t repeat — it reactivates. And sometimes, to understand the present, you have to study the lies that built the past.

The oil war with Iran didn’t start in the 2000s. It didn’t even begin with sanctions or nuclear negotiations. It started in 1953 — with a secret CIA coup designed to protect British Petroleum’s profits.

This isn’t a theory. It’s fact — declassified and laid bare by Dr. Zaidi in a way few have done so clearly.

This blog isn’t just a history lesson. It’s a blueprint. Because once you see how regimes are toppled for resource control, you begin to see how today’s global conflicts — whether in Gaza, Ukraine, or Taiwan — are driven not by democracy, but by energy, currency, and control.

When a Nation Wanted Its Oil Back

In the early 1950s, Iran was finally stepping into economic sovereignty. Its leader, Mohammad Mossadegh, wanted to reclaim Iranian oil from the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company — the entity we now know as BP (British Petroleum).

This wasn’t some radical move. It was a nation asserting control over its own resources.

But that didn’t sit well with Britain. Losing access to Iranian oil threatened its economic relevance post–World War II. So they plotted. And when the Americans hesitated to intervene, the British played their trump card: fear of communism.

They knew how to speak the CIA’s language.

Operation Ajax: The Coup That Wasn’t in Your Textbooks

With Winston Churchill’s push and Dwight Eisenhower’s greenlight, the CIA launched Operation Ajax — a covert mission to overthrow Mossadegh.

They bribed mobs to create chaos in the streets of Tehran. They bought journalists. They even staged fake communist uprisings to scare the monarchy into compliance.

And it worked.

In August 1953, Mossadegh was ousted. The Shah returned with full authoritarian power. Iran’s oil went back under foreign control. The mission was a “success” — at least for the corporations and intelligence agencies involved.

But the Iranian people? They remembered.

Seeds of Revolution, Planted by the West

The 1979 Iranian Revolution didn’t come out of nowhere. It was blowback. Decades of foreign meddling, cultural imperialism, and economic subjugation had reached a boiling point.

What started as a CIA “stabilisation” mission ended in an Islamic revolution, hostages, sanctions, and 40+ years of geopolitical hostility between Iran and the West.

And still — behind the headlines, it always comes back to oil, money, and power.

Why This History Still Matters Today

When you understand Operation Ajax, you understand how modern warfare is waged long before the first bomb drops. It’s economic. It’s covert. It’s strategic.

It’s the same playbook used against other nations that challenge dollar dominance, nationalise their energy, or try to exit the petrodollar system.

We’ve seen it with Venezuela, Libya, Iraq, and now we’re watching the play unfold with Iran again — this time with the added layers of AI, digital currencies, and surveillance.

The empire doesn’t like losing control. And when nations try to break away from its financial and energy systems, the response is rarely diplomatic.

Timestamps for the Video

To help you follow along or revisit key moments, here’s the breakdown of the video’s structure:

00:00 – Why This Story Was Hidden for 64 Years  

01:25 – The Rise of Mossadegh and Iran’s National Oil Plan  

03:40 – Churchill’s Campaign to Stop Iran’s Independence  

05:10 – The CIA’s First Coup: Operation Ajax Begins  

07:00 – Street Chaos, Paid Mobs, and Media Manipulation  

09:15 – The Shah Returns: A Puppet with Western Backing  

10:20 – Long-Term Blowback: Revolution and Resentment  

11:40 – Connecting the Dots: Why the Middle East Still Burns  

13:20 – Final Thoughts from Dr. Ahmed Zaidi

Simon Dixon’s Final Thoughts

This story is a reminder that the enemy isn’t chaos — it’s control disguised as order.

The West didn’t just topple Iran’s government. It taught the world how power really works: through psychological warfare, economic manipulation, and covert operations — all to protect corporate profits and maintain currency supremacy.

Why does this matter for Bitcoiners?

Because today’s wars might look different, but they serve the same masters. Fiat currencies are still defended by bombs and sanctions. Central banks still dictate the terms of economic survival. And resource-rich nations are still punished when they try to break free.

But now we have an alternative.

We have a system that’s decentralised, censorship-resistant, and borderless. Bitcoin doesn’t care who’s president. It doesn’t fund coups. And it doesn’t grant special access to intelligence agencies or megacorps.

If Mossadegh had access to Bitcoin, would things have been different?

Maybe. Maybe not. But what’s clear is this: when you control your money, you control your destiny. And for too long, destiny has been written in boardrooms and war rooms, not by the people.

The next phase of the global financial war is already here. It’s digital. It’s subtle. And it’s accelerating.

Know your history — or risk repeating it.

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This blog is based on a public video originally created and narrated by Dr. Ahmed Zaidi, a former Cambridge academic and host of the YouTube channel sharing historical content. The views and commentary presented in this blog reflect the personal interpretations of Simon Dixon, intended for informational and educational purposes only.

This post does not constitute legal, financial, geopolitical, or investment advice. Historical references and political analysis are included for context and public discourse, not endorsement or defamation. The content is not affiliated with any intelligence agency, government institution, or media outlet.

This blog was produced with the assistance of AI tools for structure and clarity. All editorial decisions, contextual framing, and final opinions remain the responsibility of Simon Dixon.