By Faramarz Kouhpayeh 

Historical fantasizing as defeat therapy

Trump appears to still be living in 1953, when governments could be toppled in Iran with money and intimidation

TEHRAN – The shadow of a hastily packed suitcase still looms large over Tehran. In the summer of 1953, a pivotal moment in modern West Asian history unfolded as Kermit Roosevelt Jr., an operative of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), entered Iran carrying bags stuffed with American dollars.