CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup

CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup

Documents Provide New Details on Mosaddeq Overthrow and Its Aftermath

National Security Archive Calls for Release of Remaining Classified Record

National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 435

Posted – August 19, 2013


Edited by Malcolm Byrne


For more information contact:
Malcolm Byrne 202/994-7043 or mbyrne@gwu.edu



 

The Shah's order (known as a firman) naming Zahedi the new
prime minister. Coup operatives made copies of the document and
circulated it around Tehran to help regenerate momentum following the
collapse of the original plan. (Courtesy of Ted Hotchkiss)