CIA and MI6 Overthrow Mosaddegh in Iran, Restore Shah, August 19, 1953
Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Date: August 19, 1953
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