The coup that toppled a democratically elected government in Iran in August 1953 and replaced it with a tyrannical monarchy that lasted 25 years was an intelligence operations whose effects are still felt to this day. A new documentary recounts the crime with special attention to the often-overlooked role (at least in the United States)...
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How the CIA Overthrew Iran’s Democracy
NPR’s new history podcast Throughline, hosted by Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei, covers the 1953 coup against Iran’s elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh as the topic of its first episode: How The CIA Overthrew Iran’s Democracy in 4 Days.