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The Battle for Iran

The CIA History Staff’s internal account of the 1953 Iran operation, written in the mid-1970s; an excised version was released in 1981 and this one in 2013.

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  • The 1953 coup in Iran told in the CIA’s own internal history Primary record 1
  • Mohammad Mossadegh sentenced to three years in prison after the coup, then kept under virtual house arrest in his village until his death in 1967 Primary record 1

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    Written in the mid-1970s, according to the National Security Archive; an excised version was released in 1981.

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  1. The Battle for Iran (CIA History Staff, written in the mid-1970s; excised release 1981; this version released 2013), Central Intelligence Agency. Primary record
    the military coup that overthrew Mosadeq and his National Front cabinet was carried out under CIA direction
    Sentenced to three years in prison in a post-coup trial, he was eventually pardoned by the Shah in August 1956, but he was forced to remain in his village of Ahmadabad under virtual house arrest for the 11 years until his death in March 1967.
    Iran in late 1952 was sliding toward economic and political chaos.
  2. CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup (Electronic Briefing Book No. 435), National Security Archive, George Washington University, 19 Aug 2013. Scholarship & press
    dating from the mid-1970s.
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