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Operation Ajax (TP-AJAX)

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Operation Ajax: 1953 Iranian Coup, US and British Intelligence Roles
Operation Ajax refers to the 1953 covert operation that overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh. Initially described as a CIA-backed coup, declassified document…