much of the clergy were of a school that would call the school of shiism.was a school school of shiism today that is practiced. they don't believe in seizing power. abol hassan ebtehaj did not want to seize power but he was clearly supporting mossadegh in this fight. the shah had apparently closed relations with mossadegh but behind the scenes they were at each other's throats. they dislike one another and they were trying to limit one another's powers. the shah would not oppose him publicly. by august the 53, something had happened. the united states had by november of 52 reached the conclusion that there is no deal that mossadegh would take her go mossadegh was uncompromising and there was no deal that was going to satisfy him. he wants 100% in nothing less than 100% in the british were not going to give him 100%. so the united states against to change its position. until november essentially september of 52, they were against the idea of overturning mossadegh. after 52, they began to get convinced that maybe we should get rid of mossadegh. one of the rea