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Source: http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-myths-of-1953/article/2008838
The Myth of CIA Responsibility for the Iranian Coup in 1953
(Weekly Standard) Ray Takeyh - The story that the Eisenhower administration ousted Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq in 1953 is unhinged from history. Last month, the State Department released a cache of documents related to the period. It is hard to read these cables and come to the conclusion that America overthrew Mossadeq. The writer is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.