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This CIA Plot Has Shaped the US Relationship with Iran for Decades
Recent scholarship argues Iranians themselves were the decisive actors in the 1953 Mossadegh overthrow, challenging the CIA's traditionally credited primary role.
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Iran and the Long Shadow of the CIA's 1953 Coup
President Eisenhower ok’d the CIA-MI6 operation that overthrew Iran’s democratically elected government and installed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as shah, or king, assuring U.S. and Britain’s unfettered access to Iran’s oil. (PBS)Right now, Iran sits at the center of what I have described in recent SpyTalk pieces as a brittle but dangerous system under stress. The regime looks solid until you touch it. Then it creaks. The streets are restless. The eco…
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