The unseen pictures of 1953 coup d’état

Following the coup in 1953, a government under General Fazlollah Zahedi was formed which allowed Mohammad-Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran (Persian for king), to rule the country more firmly as monarch. He relied heavily on United States support to hold on to power until his own overthrow in February 1979. In August 2013, 60 years after, the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) admitted that it was involved in both the planning and the execution of the coup, including the bribing of Iranian politicians, security and army high-ranking officials, as well as pro-coup propaganda. The CIA is quoted acknowledging the coup was carried out “under CIA direction” and “as an act of U.S. foreign policy, conceived and approved at the highest levels of government.”

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  1. ملتی که همیشه در بدبختی زندگی کرده.همیشه متملق و ذلیل زندگی کرده ،هنوز بعد از 63 سال افسوس از مصدق می خورد بدون آنکه بداند،”مصدق” هم چیزی کمتر از شاه نداشت.در 69 سال آینده هم از این دوران افسوس خواهد خورد.

  2. اگر انصاف باشد شریف ترین سیاست پیشه در تایخ معاصر همانا ایشان است که از ابتدا تا آخر برانسان بودن و امنت داری ایستاد و جان و همه را فدا کرد .

    • mehdijeiran@yahoo.ca

      مصدق برابر با امیر کبیر بود مردی وطن پرست وشجاع وایران ازاین مردان کم دارد