The United States, Iran and Operation 'Ajax': inverting interpretative orthodoxy.

From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Marsh, Steve | Copyright information

In August 1953 American agents covertly assisted a coup to depose the Iranian Prime Minister, Muhammad Mosadeq, and paved the way for his country to become a US client state under the rule of the Shah. This marked the climax of over three years of crisis brought about by the failure of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) and successive Iranian governments to agree terms for a revision of the 1933 oil concession. These years witnessed informal and formal American mediation efforts a...

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