American Coup
The story of the first coup ever carried out by the CIA - Iran, 1953
The inside story of the 1953 CIA-backed coup in Iran that toppled the democratically elected Prime Minister, through newsreel footage, historians, Middle East experts and former US intelligence officers.
The first overthrow of a foreign government by the CIA, and a template for all future coups, in 1953 the USA toppled the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. Analysing the USA’s motivations, Professor Ervand Abrahamian says the coup was "rooted in the oil crisis". Without it, "democracy would have continued to thrive in Iran", American journalist Stephen Kinzer points out.
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