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Opinion: From Mossadegh to Khamenei, America keeps relearning the true cost of regime change in Iran In Iranian politics, history is not past; it is precedent. The 1953 coup that toppled Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh under a covert U.S.-British operation did more than restore a monarch. It set the template for how Iranians interpret foreign power—and how easily short-term victories can harden into generational backlash. Seven decades on, Washington is again defining success by removal. The lesson from 1953 suggests the…