Claim: The US destroyed Iran's democracy in 1953
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
The CIA coup is admitted. But days before it, Mossadeq dissolved parliament by a referendum with separate yes/no booths: 2,043,389 for, 1,207 against, 99.93% (TIME, Aug 1953).
SOURCE
TIME, 17 Aug 1953 ('IRAN: 99.93% Pure'); CIA history via NSA Archive, Aug 2013
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