Iran 1953 coup (TPAJAX)
Verified: Documented in primary records or confirmed by reputable inquiry/reporting.
CIA documents posted in 2013 include what the Archive believes is the agency's first formal acknowledgement that it helped plan and execute the coup; accounts of who did what differ.
Documented
CIA documents posted in 2013 include what the National Security Archive believes is the agency’s first formal acknowledgement that it helped plan and execute the coup.
Claimed, disputed or not established
Accounts of who did what differ, per the Archive.
Sources (opened in a new tab)
- National Security Archive: CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup ↗https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB435/
Connected
- Section: United States, also Middle East and Africa
- Agencies: CIA
- Vault documents: CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup ↗; The Secret CIA History of the Iran Coup, 1953 (Wilber) ↗
- Case board · Timeline (1953) · Document vault