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Major conflict1953

1953 Iranian coup d'état

Tehran · Iran

Estimated casualties

300 – 800estimated dead

About 300 killed in Tehran fighting, plus executions and deaths in custody afterward.

SOURCEscholarly

A CIA- and MI6-orchestrated coup in August 1953 (Operation Ajax) that overthrew Iran's democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and restored the Shah's power. Roughly 300 died in Tehran's street fighting; the coup reshaped Iranian politics for decades.

Belligerents2

  • Iranian government (Mosaddegh; CIA/MI6-backed coup)
  • Royalist/coup forces (Shah)

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: 1953 Iranian coup d'état
  2. UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia
  3. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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