Internationally Kinzer wrote that the 1953 coup d'état was the first time the United States used the CIA to overthrow a "democratically elected", "civil government". [19][page needed] The Eisenhower …

The United States took the leading role in a covert operation, called Operation Ajax, whereby CIA -funded agents were used to foment unrest inside Iran by way of the harassment of religious and …

Mar 6, 2026 · Operation Ajax taught tyrants and aspiring tyrants there that the world’s most powerful governments were willing to tolerate limitless oppression as long as oppressive regimes were friendly …

Thus was born Operation Ajax, a joint CIA–MI6 plan to overthrow Iran’s democratic government. CIA officer Kermit Roosevelt Jr. ran the operation on the ground. The plan included bribing Iranian …

Our Mission Our mission is to make Operation Ajax freely accessible to the world — and to grow it into a movement for truth, literacy, and global understanding for covert operations and the true impact of …

Jun 25, 2020 · Aug. 19, 1953: Operation Ajax The British long exercised colonial power in Iran through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. In 1951, as British colonies began to wrest their freedom from the …

Aug 19, 2013 · They provide new specifics as well as insights into the intelligence agency's actions before and after the operation. This map shows the disposition of bands of "ruffians," paid to …

Jul 6, 2025 · Operation Ajax is the story of how a democratic government was destroyed to protect oil interests, how intelligence agencies perfected techniques of covert regime change, and how the …

The 1953 Iranian coup remains one of the most controversial turning points in modern Middle Eastern history. This article explores how oil politics, Cold War tensions, and a secret operation by Western …

Feb 7, 2019 · It's no secret that Iran and the U.S. have a history of animosity toward each other. But when and how did it begin? This week we look back at four days in August 1953, when the CIA …