The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) admitted for the first time its participation in the 1953 coup in Iran that ousted then Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq, reported The National Security Archive.
The dependence of George Washington University, made the announcement on the basis of the analysis of secret documents recently released by the CIA.
The coup that overthrew Mossadegh and returned power to the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on August 19, 1953 was conducted by the U.S. spy agency as part of a foreign policy decision from the White House, according to the text quoted by the academic institution.
The document is a portion of an internal report entitled “The battle for Iran” prepared in the early 70s by a CIA specialist and first published in 1981, but without the section describing details related to the coup.
During his government, Mossadeq caused adverse reactions in the United States and United Kingdom by defending the nationalization of Iran’s oil industry and the adoption of other nationalist measures.
Washington and Tehran are currently holding a conflict over the Persian country’s nuclear program, whose authorities, in power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, say it is for peaceful purposes, but the U.S. and its allies call it a project with military purposes.
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