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64 years later, CIA finally releases details of Iranian coup

7 mins | Jan 14, 2020
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In 1953 a coup initiated by the CIA brought down the Iranian Prime Minister. In 2017, CIA documents exposed the incident's deeper complexities, from an insubordinate spy to America's unexpected support from a prominent Iranian cleric. Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian writing in Foreign Policy reports.

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