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The Truth About Operation AJAX and Iran
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Jun 282025
Support this channel on Patreon   / casualhistorian   Give a one time contribution on PayPal https://www.paypal.me/GrantHurst Buy me a book from my Amazon Wish List https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls... Primary Sources Anthony Eden, The Memoirs of Anthony Eden: Full Circle, (1960) Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956; The White House Years: A Personal Account, (1963) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Answer to History, (1980) Donald Wilber, Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran, November 1952 - August 1953, (1954) CIA, CIA Report: The Battle for Iran, (1970s) Kermit Roosevelt, Counter Coup: The Struggle for the Control of Iran, (1979) Historical Division, Joint Secretariat, Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Development of US Policy Toward Iran 1946-1978, (1980) Madeleine Albright, Madam Secretary: A Memoirs, (2003) Secondary Sources Barry Rubin, Paved with Good Intentions: The American Experience in Iran, (1980) Stephen Kinzer, All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, (2008) Robert Baer, The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower, (2008) Darioush Bayandor, Iran and the CIA: The Fall of Mosaddeq Revisited, (2010) Footnotes [1] Wilber, p. 1-4 [2] Eden, p. 228-32, Rubin, p. 77-8, Kinzer, p. 2-5 [3] Bayandor, p. 84-7, Wilber, p. 5-6 [4] Bayandor, p. 89-90 [5] Wilber, 8-12, 17-19 [6] Bayandor, p. 87-90 [7] Bayandor, p. 87-90, 94-7, Rubin, p. 81-4, Pahlavi, p. 86-8 [8] Kinzer, p. 5-11, Bayandor, p. 125-31 [9] Bayandor, p. 90-97, Rubin, p. 81-4 [10] Kinzer, p. 11-5 [11] Bayandor, p. 94-7, Rubin, p. 81-4 [12] CIA, p. 54-7, Bayandor, p. 94-7 [13] Eisenhower, p. 161-4, CIA, p. 57-9, Bayandor, p. 115-23, Rubin, p. 81-4 [14] Kinzer, p. 11-6 [15] Bayandor, p. 94-103, 131-3, CIA, p. 57-9 [16] CIA, p. 54-7 [17] CIA, p. 59 [18] Rubin, p. 84-6, Bayandor, p. 99-103 [19] CIA, p. 59, Bayandor, p. 99-107, 118-123 [20] Bayandor, p. 133-6 [21] Rubin, p. 84-6, Bayandor, p. 107-10, 133-6 [22] Bayandor, p. 94-7 [23] Rubin, p. 84-6 [24] Bayandor, p. 118-23, 125-31, 136-8 [25] Bayandor, p. 150-4, Rubin, p. 84-6 [26] Bayandor, p. 107-12 [27] Bayandor, p. 110-2, Eisenhower, p. 161-4 [28] Bayandor, p. 131-3 [29] Rubin, p. 86-8, Bayandor, p. 99-103 [30] Bayandor, p. 4-10 [31] Bayandor, p. 8 [32] Bayandor, p. 131-3 [33] Joint Chiefs, p. 32 [34] Bayandor, p. 150-4 [35] Albright, p. 407-10 [36] Bayandor, p. 4-10 [37] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2... [38] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/in... Check The Casual Historian Merch Stores RedBubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/gran... TeeSpring: https://casual-historian.creator-spri... Get a 50% Discount on a Armchair History TV subscription by using the code "CASUALHISTORIAN". https://armchairhistory.tv/ Social Media Twitch:   / casualhistorian   Facebook:   / casualhistorian   Personal Twitter:   / grantghurst   Branded Twitter:   / casualhistorian   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/granthurst.b... Threads: https://www.threads.net/@grantghurst Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grantghurst... Substack: https://casualhistorian.substack.com/ This page contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase after clicking a link, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you If you're feeling spicy, you can feed my Warhammer and Gunpla addictions https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls...

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