1953 Iran coup
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The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état (Template:Lang-fa), was the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953, orchestrated by the United Kingdom (under the name "Operation Boot") and the United States (under the name TPAJAX ProjectTemplate:Sfn or "Operation Ajax"), and the first United States covert action to overthrow a foreign government during peacetime.
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See also
- Iranian revolution, the Islamist revolution, which occurred 25 years later, deposing the Shah
- 1957 alleged Jordanian military coup attempt
- 1981 Bahraini coup d'état attempt
- CIA activities in Iran
- Iran crisis of 1946
- List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
- Special Activities Division
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