Taghi Amirani on the Legacy of the U.S.-Backed Coup in Iran
Oct 23, 2020
2 minutes
INTERVIEW BY NICK GILLESPIE
ALMOST 70 YEARS after a U.S.-backed coup deposed Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and replaced him with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, relations between the two countries remain at a fever pitch.
In the documentary , writer and director Taghi Amirani tells the story of how British and American secret agents overthrew Mosad-degh after he nationalized his country’s oil industry, starting a series
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