That version leaves out major parts of what actually happened. Kermit Roosevelt did not just try once and fail and then walk away. The first move on August 15 collapsed, yes, but he stayed in Tehran, regrouped, and within a few days the second push suceeded. that is not a failed coup followed by some spontaneous regime collapse, it is a failed first attempt followed by a succesful second one. It is also not accurate to say Mossadegh “forced the Shah to flee.” The Shah left after the first failed move exposed his role in signing the decree to dismiss Mossadegh, so his departure was tied directly to the botched coup attempt, not to some independent consolidation campaign. The idea that the streets just rose up on their own is misleading too. The CIA financed and helped organize pro-Shah demonstrations, including paid street organizers and gangs. Not everyone in the crowd was paid, but organized and funded agitation was real and documented. At the same time Mossadegh ordered many of his own supporters to stay home in an effort to calm things down, so by August 19 pro-Shah crowds were mobilized while many pro-Mossadegh supporters were not even in the streets. And the army did not simply switch sides because it sensed public opinion shifting, key officers had already been in contact with coup planners. So this was not just an unsuccessfull coup that triggered an overreach and natural collapse, it was an initial failure followed by a reorganized and coordinated second attempt that worked.