When did the 1953 Iranian coup d'état occur?
During Dulles's CIA directorship
Before Dulles's CIA directorship
After Dulles's CIA directorship
Never happened
Answer
Occurring during Allen Dulles's CIA directorship, the 1953 Iranian coup d'état was a covert operation orchestrated by the United States and the United Kingdom to overthrow the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. It aimed to reinstate the pro-Western Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, securing Western access to Iran's oil reserves and thwarting the influence of the communist Tudeh Party.
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