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Coup 53

It was like how your lives, your fate, your destiny is - encapsulated - Yeah, in half a...

It was like how your lives, your fate, your destiny is - encapsulated - Yeah, in half a file drawer This is it.This changed Iran This box of papers You had a million dollars in cash that will run the coup, right?

Full Transcript

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It was like how your lives, your fate, your destiny is
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- encapsulated - Yeah, in half a file drawer
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This is it.This changed Iran
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This box of papers
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You had a million dollars in cash that will run the coup, right?
Duration
20 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:03
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.
That is right, and we used about sixty thousand dollars of it. That was all - Coup 53 00:49
That is right, and we used about sixty thousand dollars of...
This is the most important document our film has discovered - Coup 53 00:42
This is the most important document our film has discovered
On day thirty-seven of the seizure of the American embassy - Coup 53 00:23
On day thirty-seven of the seizure of the American embassy
But for us Iranians, the story goes back to 1953 - Coup 53 00:43
But for us Iranians, the story goes back to 1953
You know I was here earlier looking through the titles on these boxes - Coup 53 00:27
You know I was here earlier looking through the titles on...
Absolutely, this is the idea yep help yourself - Coup 53 00:09
Absolutely, this is the idea yep help yourself
If I can read enough of those - Coup 53 00:05
If I can read enough of those
He went on to become highly educated. He was the first Iranian - Coup 53 00:27
He went on to become highly educated. He was the first...
For one thing: Mossadegh was incorruptible - Coup 53 00:11
For one thing: Mossadegh was incorruptible
End of Empire was a major fourteen-part television series - Coup 53 00:09
End of Empire was a major fourteen-part television series
Even though, Iran was technically not part of the empire - Coup 53 00:10
Even though, Iran was technically not part of the empire
What you see here are the researched notes and transcripts and interview notes - Coup 53 00:16
What you see here are the researched notes and transcripts...
Who knows what combing through these papers will throw out for us - Coup 53 00:05
Who knows what combing through these papers will throw out...
These words of these people have not been heard or seen for over thirty-four years. - Coup 53 00:08
These words of these people have not been heard or seen for...
These look like actual working copies of transcripts - Coup 53 00:18
These look like actual working copies of transcripts
Darbyshire tapes - Coup 53 00:06
Darbyshire tapes
Sure, yeah. He is named in the Wilber history - Coup 53 00:10
Sure, yeah. He is named in the Wilber history
They have used quite a bit of him because there is so many - Coup 53 00:07
They have used quite a bit of him because there is so many
But I do not recall watching End of Empire - Coup 53 00:08
But I do not recall watching End of Empire
Excellent! If we want the coup in detail and even if not - Coup 53 00:20
Excellent! If we want the coup in detail and even if not