In 1953, the CIA (Operation Ajax) and MI6 (Operation Boot) overthrew Iran's democratically elected PM Mohammad Mosaddegh after he nationalized Iran's oil industry. The coup installed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as an authoritarian ruler. The US denied involvement for 60 years until the CIA officially acknowledged the coup in declassified documents released in 2013. This event is considered a root cause of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
The CIA and MI6 orchestrated the 1953 coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected prime minister
βThe CIA overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953 to protect British and American oil interests.β
π The Receipts
βοΈ The Record, Side by Side
What they said vs. what the evidence shows
βThe political changes in Iran in 1953 were the result of internal Iranian dynamics. The United States played no role in the change of government.β
β US State Department (for decades) Β· Jan 1954
π They Laughed At Us
βThe political changes in Iran in 1953 were the result of internal Iranian dynamics. The United States played no role in the change of government.β
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