The newly declassified documents show the Central Intelligence Agency’s role in preparing for the 1953 coup that led to the overthrow Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq.
The State Department has released a trove of documents that give insight into the CIA’s role in the 1953 coup d’état that led to the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq.
The newly declassified documents, titled “Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952-1954, Iran, 1951–1954,” provide a notable difference from the State Department’s 1989 version of the coup, which left out any involvement from American and British intelligence.