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"The shah โฆ kept on telling the Americans and the British that he couldn't go against oil nationalisation and Mossadegh, because if he did that, he would lose all credibility, he would destroy his monarchy, his throne," said Ervand Abrahamian, emeritus professor of history and middle eastern studies at CUNY Graduate University in New York.
"The final threat that the Americans gave him was, 'We're going to go with the coup. If you don't come with us, one of your brothers will replace you'.
"So it's a mafia type of argument, and it was at that point, basically, he gave in, but knowing that he was actually undermining the monarchy."