The unseen pictures of 1953 coup d’état

Though the predecessor Truman administration had opposed a coup.Classified documents show that British intelligence officials played a pivotal role in initiating and planning the coup, and that the AIOC contributed $25,000 towards the expense of bribing officials.Britain and the US selected General Zahedi to be the prime minister of a government that was to replace Mosaddegh’s. Subsequently, a royal decree dismissing Mosaddegh and appointing Zahedi was drawn up by the coup plotters and signed by the Shah.