The US plotted and toppled Iran’s regime in 1953. Are we seeing a repeat today?
The 1953 CIA-backed coup in Iran remains one of the most consequential regime changes orchestrated by the United States. Decades later, with tensions rising again between the US, Israel, and Iran, echoes of that intervention reverberate. As Donald Trump talks regime change, we look at how foreign powers once overthrew Iran's elected leader to secure oil interests
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