Elsewhere, the CIA and British Secret Intelligence Service collaboratively overthrew democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in a coup d'etat when they learned of his involvement with the communist pro-Soviet Tudeh Party. [Pictured: Gen. Mark W. Clark signs the Korean armisti...
The first revolution after WWII was the 1953 Iranian coup d’état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup which overthrew Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and the duly elected government in favor of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953, orchestrated by ...