On Aug. 19, 2013, the CIA publicly admitted for the first time its involvement in the 1953 coup against Iran's elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
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1952: Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.Keystone/Getty Images
The documents provided details of the CIA's plan at the time, which was led by senior officer Kermit Roosevelt Jr., the grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Over the course of four days in August 1953, Roosevelt would orchestrate not one, but two attempts to destabilize the government of Iran, forever changing the relationship between the country and the U.S. In this episode, we go back to retrace what happened in the inaugural episode of NPR's new history podcast, Throughline....
How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days
Lawrence Wu and Michelle Lanz
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It's a good thing the CIA is not revenue constrained thanks to our mah-velous Modern Money system!
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