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Coup 53

Once you start burning newspaper offices which are known to be pro-Mossadegh, the mob...

Once you start burning newspaper offices which are known to be pro-Mossadegh, the mob starts coming out and attacks the demonstrators and then it snowballs which is what we intended to do

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Once you start burning newspaper offices which are known to be pro-Mossadegh,
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the mob starts coming out and attacks the demonstrators and then
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it snowballs which is what we intended to do.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
01:32:34
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.
It was the correct - Coup 53 00:07
It was the correct
That mob that came into north Tehran and was decisive in the overthrow - Coup 53 00:08
That mob that came into north Tehran and was decisive in the...
And that mob was paid for by American dollars. - Coup 53 00:04
And that mob was paid for by American dollars.
As they got nearer, it was rather frightening. - Coup 53 00:04
As they got nearer, it was rather frightening.
I was 16 years old - Coup 53 00:13
I was 16 years old
We saw tanks coming from - Coup 53 00:07
We saw tanks coming from
They came in and pulled up outside my uncle's house. - Coup 53 00:05
They came in and pulled up outside my uncle's house.
At that time, the gate was shut - Coup 53 00:11
At that time, the gate was shut
With 45 million dollars in American aid - Coup 53 00:11
With 45 million dollars in American aid
In the military court at Tehran on trial for treason - Coup 53 00:08
In the military court at Tehran on trial for treason
With the coat over the pajamas Mossadegh seem calm - Coup 53 00:08
With the coat over the pajamas Mossadegh seem calm
Was not there an army officer captured with membership list of the Tudeh party? - Coup 53 00:05
Was not there an army officer captured with membership list...
And from there on the Shah and the CIA - Coup 53 00:10
And from there on the Shah and the CIA
SAVAK was held up as one of the most brutal secret services in the world. - Coup 53 00:05
SAVAK was held up as one of the most brutal secret services...
It was clear to the coup project leaders - Coup 53 00:12
It was clear to the coup project leaders
I was not allowed to go back immediately when we picked up relations again - Coup 53 00:09
I was not allowed to go back immediately when we picked up...
227 - Coup 53 00:06
227
The mission that uh for which I was selected theoretically by the president - Coup 53 00:13
The mission that uh for which I was selected theoretically...
Well, it was - Coup 53 00:06
Well, it was
-Okay -uhm yes - Coup 53 00:04
-Okay -uhm yes