Iranians had a democracy until 1953 when the CIA's Operation Ajax deposed the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq and his cabinet, and installed an oil-responsive, anticommunist dictator Shah.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
coup d'état
Iranians had a democracy until 1953 when the CIA's Operation Ajax deposed the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq and his cabinet, and installed an oil-responsive, anticommunist dictator Shah.
