conflict with him, gave permission to carry out the operation (McCormick, 1992, p.4). Kermit Roosevelt of the United States Central Intelligence Agency traveled secretly to Iran to coordinate plans with the Shah and the Iranian military, which was led by General Fazlollah Zahedi. However, the coup almost ended before it began when the Shah fled to Rome in the face of demonstrations in support of Mossadegh. It was only when the CIA arranged for counter-demonstrations and more propaganda, that the Shah able to return and take back power Roosevelt, 1972, p.51).Now that we understand a background of the situation that took place in Iran, we are better equipped to understand any relation between the theory of the democratic peace and the U.S. intervention with Iran. But for this situation to uphold the democratic peace theory, both countries involved must be engaged in a true war. For if one is to prove the theory true, they must show signs of no actual war. Therefore, we must identify the actions of the United States on Iran and the reasons for those actions.Bruce Russett, author of “The Fact of Democratic Peace“, defines war on a large scale as, “institutionally organized lethal violence” (Russett, 1999, p.69). Many don‘t understand how we are to know of any lethal violent action taken in Iran during August of 1953 since many of the participants, both major and minor, have kept this military action classified. The names and respective roles of participants were either disguised or omitted from previous accounts. In past years, however, missing American archival material has been found among declassified British documents. Iranian sources and unpublished personal papers have also shed light on this conflict which we can now view a better description of events taking place in Iran (McCormick, 1992, p.4). We only now can see from released documents, that there is evidence that reveals President Eisenho...
