US Covert Operations toward Iran, February–November 1979
Was the CIA Trying to Overthrow the Islamic Regime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10279515 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Gasiorowski (Tula University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 115-135 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00263206.2014.938643 |
| OpenAlex | W1965826267 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article examines US covert operations toward Iran from February until November 1979. It focuses especially on whether the CIA was trying to undermine or overthrow Iran's nascent Islamic regime, as many Iranians believed. The article details the extensive covert contacts the CIA and other US personnel established in this period with Iranian officials and various Iranian opposition factions. Its main conclusion is that US officials established these contacts for the purpose of gathering intelligence about the rapidly changing situation in Iran, rather than to undermine the Islamic regime. Indeed, US personnel never encouraged these Iranian contacts to plot against the regime and often explicitly discouraged them from doing so
Covert · Islam · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |