1953 Iran Coup: New U.S. – internal study of 1953 Iran coup . Over the next twenty-six years, the United States backed the unpopular, authoritarian shah and his secret police; in exchange, it reaped a share of Iran’s oil wealth and became a key player in this volatile region. Keep in mind the Cold War policy of Containment and the US need for oil when assessing the documents as well.

Iran 1953: State Department Finally Releases Updated History June 15, 2017. There are several good scholarly studies of the 1951–1953 Iranian crisis and August 1953 coup, but most contain gaps, misperceptions, and, in some cases, errors. Sixty years after the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, a declassified CIA document acknowledges the agency was involved in the 1953 coup. "What's New on the Iran 1953 Coup in the New York Times Article (April 16, 2000, front page) and the Documents Posted on the Web" By Professor Mark Gasiorowski 19 April 2000.

Documents Confirm British Approached U.S. in Late 1952 About Ousting Mosaddeq August 8, 2017. This coup initiated a twenty-five-year period of dictatorship in Iran, leaving many Iranians resentful of the U.S. legacies that still haunt relations between the two countries today. In addition, numerous myths about the crisis, originally propagated to justify the coup, have continued to color both scholarly studies and popular accounts. The U.S.-instigated coup d’état of August 19, 1953, against Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq was a crucial turning point both in Iran’s modern history and in U.S.-Iran relations.

CIA declassifies more of "Zendebad, Shah!" CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup … Mar 7, 2018 | Briefing Book Recently declassified British and CIA documents provide new evidence on the Iran 1953 coup including on the role of Iranian clerics. As discussed in Katouzian’s chapter of this book, the coup ended Mosaddeq’s tentative steps toward democracy and initiated the reestablishment of arbitrary rule under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The 1953 Iranian Coup After reading the assigned document within your group, please assess the document as if you were historians studying the US coup and its potential impact on US-Iranian relations. The Battle for Iran, 1953 June 27, 2014. In August 1953, the CIA orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place.