CIA and the overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddeq

[John Simkin]

The CIA has publicly admitted for the first time that it was behind the notorious 1953 coup against Iran's democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, in documents that also show how the British government tried to block the release of information about its own involvement in his overthrow.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/cia-admits-role-1953-iranian-coup

[Douglas Caddy]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/28/iran-lawsuit-us-1953-coup