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This is precisely why Iran has hated us all these years. The USA is not always the "good guy." This is one example.
BBC News - CIA admits involvement in Iran Coup, sixty years on
Sixty years ago on Monday a coup in Iran shook the Middle East.
The democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister at the time, Dr Mossadeq, was overthrown, paving the way for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to return to the country as the Shah.
Now for the first time, the CIA has officially acknowledged its own role in the coup, releasing documents that detail America's hand in the events.
The BBC Persian's Khashayar Joneidi reports.
BBC News - CIA admits involvement in Iran Coup, sixty years on