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What Really Happened in Iran

The CIA, the Ouster of Mosaddeq, and the Restoration of the Shah

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What Really Happened in Iran

By: Ray Takeyh
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
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Conventional wisdom about the 1953 coup in Iran rests on the myth that the CIA toppled the country's democratically elected prime minister. In reality, the coup was primarily a domestic Iranian affair, and the CIA's impact was ultimately insignificant.

©2014 Foreign Affairs (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Politics & Government Social Sciences United States World
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American right propaganda not worth listening to a great attempt to justify CIA screwing with yet another country and creating long term havoc

Entirely biased.

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