Who led the coup that overthrew Mosaddegh's government?
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Kermit Roosevelt Jr. was the American who led the coup that overthrew Mosaddegh's government in 1953. Roosevelt was a grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and a member of the CIA. He was sent to Iran by the Eisenhower administration to overthrow Mosaddegh, who was a democratically elected prime minister. Roosevelt and his team of CIA agents bribed Iranian military officers and members of the clergy to support the coup.
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