US-orchestrated 1953 coup was beginning of America’s open hostility with Iran

Seventy years ago, the United States, with the help of the British spy service, staged a coup against the democratic government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossaddegh.

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Farzaneh Ashoorioun
Press TV, Tehran

Seventy years ago, the United States, with the help of the British spy service, staged a coup against the democratic government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossaddegh. A bitter but vivid memory in the history of Iran.