American Coup
Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2010
The inside and untold story of the 1953 CIA-backed coup in Iran that toppled the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. Known as 'Operation Ajax', this covert operation would be the first overthrow of a foreign government by the agency, and serve as a template for all future CIA coups - including the following year in Guatemala. Combining newsreel footage, historians, Middle Ea…