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đź“ŚThe 1953 Iranian coup d'Ă©tat, orchestrated by the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project or "Operation Ajax")
đź“ŚIt was the first covert action conducted by the US to overthrow a foreign government during peacetime.
#Dulles #CIA #OpAJAX
iran.sa.utoronto.ca/coup/web_files…
đź“ŚIt was the first covert action conducted by the US to overthrow a foreign government during peacetime.
#Dulles #CIA #OpAJAX
iran.sa.utoronto.ca/coup/web_files…
📌”The CIA's covert intervention—codenamed TPAJAX—preserved the Shah's power and protected Western control of a hugely lucrative oil infrastructure.”
📌It’s always about the oil.
cia.gov/library/center…
📌It’s always about the oil.
cia.gov/library/center…
“In Iran's case, with diplomacy having failed and a military incursion infeasible (the Korean War was underway), they decided to take care of "that madman Mossadeq" through a covert action under the supervision of the SOS's brother, (DCI) Allen Dulles.”
cia.gov/library/center…
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