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1953 Iranian coup d'état
Part of the
Abadan Crisis
, and the
Cold War
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Coup supporters celebrate victory in Tehran
Date
15–19 August 1953
Location
Tehran
,
Imperial State of Iran
Result
Overthrow of Prime Minister
Mohammad Mosaddegh
General
Fazlollah Zahedi
, appointed as prime minister of post-coup military government
[1]
[2]
by
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Monarchy
increased
in power relative to government
Pro-
Western
secular
anti-communist
Iranian dictatorship established
Anti-Shah discontent culminates in the 1979
Iranian Revolution
Combatants
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Government of Iran
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House of Pahlavi
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United States
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United Kingdom
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Commanders
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Mohammad Mosaddegh
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Gholam Hossein Sadighi
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Hossein Fatemi
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Taghi Riahi
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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Fazlollah Zahedi
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Nematollah Nassiri
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Shaban Jafari
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Assadollah Rashidian
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Allen Dulles
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Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
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Winston Churchill
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Anthony Eden
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John Sinclair
Casualties
200–300 killed
↑
Parsa, Misagh (1989).
Social origins of the Iranian revolution
. Rutgers University Press.
↑
(2007)
Islam in the European Union: Transnationalism, Youth and the War on Terrors
. Oxford University Press.
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