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Operation Ajax

Operation Ajax (1953) was a Anglo-American covert operation to overthrow Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq in response to his nationalization of the oil industry which was operated by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. American President Dwight D. Eisenhower had also accused him of being a Communist.

This was the first time the CIA had ever overthrown a democratically elected government.

The leader of the operation was Kermit Roosevelt, a senior CIA agent, and grandson of the former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.

External Links

• 50 Years Later - A look back at the 1953 US Backed Coup in Iran
• How to Overthrow A Government - Interview with Steven Kinzer, author of "All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror"
• The C.I.A. in Iran - New York Times report based on uncovered CIA documents
• The Secret CIA History of the Iran Coup, 1953 - Provided by the National Security Archive
• All The Shah's Men - Interview with Steven Kinzer

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