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Coup 53

For most of my Iranian witnesses the event of 1953 are as fresh as if they happened...

For most of my Iranian witnesses the event of 1953 are as fresh as if they happened yesterday

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For most of my Iranian witnesses
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the event of 1953 are as fresh as if they happened yesterday.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:13
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Amirani Media

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Movie Summary

Theatrical feature documentary on the story of Operation Ajax, the CIA/MI6 staged coup in 1953 in Iran that overthrew Prime Minister Mossadegh.
Timing is always of the essence and secrecy. - Coup 53 00:04
Timing is always of the essence and secrecy.
With every passing day word got around and eventually word got to Mossadegh. - Coup 53 00:04
With every passing day word got around and eventually word...
He heard it because they had a - Coup 53 00:09
He heard it because they had a
We started talking to the Rashidians about - Coup 53 00:06
We started talking to the Rashidians about
They were an extraordinary bunch of brothers because none of them - Coup 53 00:05
They were an extraordinary bunch of brothers because none of...
They were late 30s, early 40s fascinated by the idea of - Coup 53 00:11
They were late 30s, early 40s fascinated by the idea of
We had issued the Rashidians with - Coup 53 00:06
We had issued the Rashidians with
They had a very wide range of contacts - Coup 53 00:07
They had a very wide range of contacts
They also had contacts with the Ayatollahs - Coup 53 00:13
They also had contacts with the Ayatollahs
These are the tough boys and Ayatollah Kashani controlled some of them. - Coup 53 00:04
These are the tough boys and Ayatollah Kashani controlled...
You could use them as a street mob with the blessing of a Kashani and then - Coup 53 00:06
You could use them as a street mob with the blessing of a...
When it first went wrong, I heard about it from Roosevelt - Coup 53 00:06
When it first went wrong, I heard about it from Roosevelt
First thing I heard about the coup was on the radio there at ford pinning. - Coup 53 00:05
First thing I heard about the coup was on the radio there at...
There had been an attempted coup in Iran - Coup 53 00:05
There had been an attempted coup in Iran
And so, I gulped once and I looked at my wife and I said - Coup 53 00:07
And so, I gulped once and I looked at my wife and I said
It is from the 16th of August 1953 - Coup 53 00:09
It is from the 16th of August 1953
Attention is focused once again on the Middle East - Coup 53 00:06
Attention is focused once again on the Middle East
Forced to flee his palace in Tehran, - Coup 53 00:13
Forced to flee his palace in Tehran,
There was I think great contempt - Coup 53 00:08
There was I think great contempt
Of course, he fled his own country with his wife queen Soraya. - Coup 53 00:05
Of course, he fled his own country with his wife queen...