Skipped History

The 1953 US-Led Coup in Iran


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We explore how the relationship between the US and Iran became so cantankerous in the first place—in other words, we travel to Tehran, where in 1953, the US conducted one of its most consequential coups abroad.

Today's story comes from "All the Shah’s Men" and "The Brothers" by Stephen Kinzer

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Skipped HistoryBy Ben Tumin