- With all the talk these days about what an oppressive regime Iran is, let's not forget that the CIA helped overthrow their democratic government in 1953 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/operation_ajax 21 comments geopolitics
- The 1953 coup d'état was the first time the US had openly overthrown an elected, civil government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/operation_ajax#aftermath 8 comments worldnews
- Why hasn't the US apologized for this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/operation_ajax 9 comments politics
- In 1953 the CIA overthrew the *democratically* elected president of Iran, installing the Shah - all to ensure a British company reaped large profits selling... oil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/operation_ajax 139 comments reddit.com
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