The story of The 1953 coup in Iran
Overthrow of Prime Minister Mossadegh on 19 August 1953, in an operation the CIA called TPAJAX.
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The 1953 coup in Iran. Overthrow of Prime Minister Mossadegh on 19 August 1953, in an operation the CIA called TPAJAX.
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The British government intervened in The 1953 coup in Iran. Its intelligence service, MI6, backed the plan; a CIA historian cites MI6’s Tehran chief as saying the idea came from the Foreign Office.
The Central Intelligence Agency intervened in The 1953 coup in Iran. Ran the operation, by its own internal history’s account.
According to the Central Intelligence Agency. This is one side’s account, not established fact.
Kermit Roosevelt Jr. intervened in The 1953 coup in Iran. On-the-ground manager of the plan.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi intervened in The 1953 coup in Iran. His order naming Zahedi prime minister was copied and circulated in Tehran.
The 1953 coup in Iran appears in The Battle for Iran.
The 1953 coup in Iran followed from Nationalization of Iran’s oil, 1951.
According to the Central Intelligence Agency.
The 1953 coup in Iran, located in Tehran.
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Pictures, from Wikimedia Commons: Central Intelligence Agency, Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain; Dwight D. Eisenhower, White House, Public domain.
