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• SOURCE: NY Times
  12/29/19
  

  How a Chase Bank Chairman Helped the Deposed Shah of Iran Enter the U.S.

  The fateful decision in 1979 to admit Mohammed Reza Pahlavi prompted the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran and helped doom the Carter presidency.    

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• SOURCE: The National Interest
  9-2-15
  

  Six Myths about the Coup against Iran's Mossadegh

  by Morgan Carlston

  The CIA is often blamed for the August 1953 coup removing Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh from power. But a careful examination of older studies reveal that common conceptions of the events and chronology are flawed.

• SOURCE: CBS News
  8-20-13
  

  CIA releases classified docs, confirming role in 1953 Iran coup

  August 20, 2013 12:15 PM EDT — For the first time, the CIA is acknowledging that it organized the overthrow of Iran's government in 1953. (CBS News) [CLICK LINK FOR VIDEO]