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1953 Iranian coup d'état

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Operation Ajax was the Anglo-American plan developed in 1951 to for the covert 1951 overthrow of the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq in response to his nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

The collapse of the Mossadegh regime led to the re-establishment of a monarchy headed by Reza Shah Pahlavi. Approved in late June, 1953, the shah returned to Tehran on 22 August.


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