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Coup 53

You want to go half? there is both on that they can be He fled Iran after the revolution...

You want to go half? there is both on that they can be He fled Iran after the revolution and has been living in exile for forty years in Switzerland

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You want to go half? there is both on that they can be
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He fled Iran after the revolution
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and has been living in exile for forty years in Switzerland.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:12
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.
He was described by your own ambassador - Coup 53 00:07
He was described by your own ambassador
One of the worst speculators in the country - Coup 53 00:07
One of the worst speculators in the country
Why was he considered a suitable candidate for replacing Mossadegh? - Coup 53 00:05
Why was he considered a suitable candidate for replacing...
Probably, just for the qualities of being described by two of my colleagues. - Coup 53 00:05
Probably, just for the qualities of being described by two...
But Mossadegh figured out what was happening - Coup 53 00:05
But Mossadegh figured out what was happening
Among those diplomats were all the secret agents - Coup 53 00:06
Among those diplomats were all the secret agents
When Mossadegh broke off relations and we all left and - Coup 53 00:10
When Mossadegh broke off relations and we all left and
This is when the British really began to panic - Coup 53 00:08
This is when the British really began to panic
Unfortunately, the head of MI6 at the time - Coup 53 00:11
Unfortunately, the head of MI6 at the time
We had a first meeting with the Americans inviting their cooperation - Coup 53 00:07
We had a first meeting with the Americans inviting their...
Well, we do not know how you get rid of prime ministers - Coup 53 00:18
Well, we do not know how you get rid of prime ministers
Throughout the early 1950s, - Coup 53 00:10
Throughout the early 1950s,
In this overheated atmosphere - Coup 53 00:12
In this overheated atmosphere
But the 1950s was a dark period - Coup 53 00:06
But the 1950s was a dark period
We had gotten through the war and that was great - Coup 53 00:20
We had gotten through the war and that was great
So, the narrative was that the world was divided between two hostile camps. - Coup 53 00:06
So, the narrative was that the world was divided between two...
One led by the Soviet Union, one led by the United States. - Coup 53 00:04
One led by the Soviet Union, one led by the United States.
There was a tide sweeping the world - Coup 53 00:12
There was a tide sweeping the world
You had the Red Scare, you had spy scandals - Coup 53 00:06
You had the Red Scare, you had spy scandals
, the Cambridge five. those all kinds of thing going on - Coup 53 00:13
, the Cambridge five. those all kinds of thing going on