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How Big Oil Toppled Iran’s Democracy: Role of CIA, British Petroleum in 1953 Coup
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19:19Now PlayingOn August 19, 1953, America’s Central Intelligence Agency orchestrated a coup to oust Iran's Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh. The CIA toppled Mosaddegh and empowered the Iran’s Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, setting the stage for the 1979 Islamic revolution, and the lasting hatred between Iran and the US. This is the story of how the British Empire, Oil and Communism convinced the US to destroy Iran’s fledgling democracy.
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