1953 Iranian coup d'état

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Cold War event coup d'état political event

The 1953 Iranian coup d'état was a CIA- and MI6-backed overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh that strengthened Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s authoritarian rule and reshaped Iran’s political trajectory.

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1953 Iranian coup d'état canonical 4
1953 Iranian coup d’état 4
28 Mordad coup 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
coup d'état ⓘ
political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ
surface form: 28 Mordad coup

Operation Ajax ⓘ
Operation TPAJAX ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
documentedIn Foreign Relations of the United States series ⓘ
surface form: U.S. State Department Foreign Relations of the United States volumes

declassified CIA documents released in 2013 ⓘ
endDate 1953-08-19 ⓘ
followedBy General Fazlollah Zahedi premiership ⓘ
Zaher-ol-Eslaami government ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Allen Dulles ⓘ
Donald Wilber ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
Fazlollah Zahedi ⓘ
Kermit Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Kermit Roosevelt Jr.

Winston Churchill ⓘ
hasParticipant Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
surface form: Iranian military

Mohammad Mossadegh ⓘ
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ
National Front of Iran ⓘ
surface form: National Front (Iran)

Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
Tudeh Party of Iran ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

royalist forces ⓘ
impact contributed to conditions leading to the 1979 Iranian Revolution ⓘ
reshaped Iran's political trajectory ⓘ
legalStatus widely regarded as foreign intervention in Iranian sovereignty ⓘ
location Tehran ⓘ
motive containment of perceived communist influence ⓘ
protection of Western oil interests in Iran ⓘ
removal of a nationalist government hostile to British oil control ⓘ
organizedBy Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
precededBy Abadan Crisis ⓘ
nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company ⓘ
result consolidation of authoritarian monarchy in Iran ⓘ
expansion of SAVAK ⓘ
formation of a Western-aligned Iranian government ⓘ
long-term anti-American sentiment in Iran ⓘ
overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh ⓘ
restoration of Shah's full executive power ⓘ
reversal of some oil nationalization policies ⓘ
strengthening of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's rule ⓘ
suppression of opposition parties ⓘ
startDate 1953-08-15 ⓘ
supportedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

United States government ⓘ
target Mohammad Mossadegh ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi → notableEvent → 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ
Allen Dulles → notableEvent → 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1953 Iranian coup d’état
Anglo-Persian Oil Company → conflict → 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Iranian oil nationalization crisis
1953 Iranian coup d'état → alsoKnownAs → 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ
this entity surface form: 28 Mordad coup
Pahlavi era → majorEvent → 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1953 Iranian coup d’état
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq → notableCaseStudy → 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1953 Iranian coup d’état
All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror → subject → 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1953 Iranian coup d’état
The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War → examinesEvent → 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ
Imperial State of Iran → majorEvent → 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ
Imperial Iranian Army → significantEvent → 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ