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aug 19, 1953 - CIA Operation Ajax

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A joint Anglo-American covert operation primarily organized by the 6 yearly CIA to overthrow the Iranian PM, Mohammad Mosaddegh. Mosaddegh was of a socialist leaning & planned to nationalism the oil reserves of Iran. Fearing a communist takeover in Iran, Britain & the US performed the coup & established a new PM however, vested most of the power in the hands of the reinstated Shah after he returned from his self-exilation.

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aug 19, 1953
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~ 72 years ago

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