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In August 1953, MI6/CIA instituted a coup against Iran's democratically elected government to install an anti-communist "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests. (www.declassifieduk.org)

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[–] hangukdise@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Don't think that US/UK involvement in the coup was a secret