1953 Iranian coup d'état
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Part of the Abadan Crisis, and the Cold War
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Operationajax.jpg Coup supporters celebrate victory in Tehran
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Combatants
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Template:Flagicon image Government of Iran
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Template:Flagdeco House of Pahlavi Template:Flagdeco United StatesTemplate:Efn Template:Flagdeco United KingdomTemplate:Efn
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Commanders
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Template:Flagicon image Mohammad MosaddeghTemplate:Surrendered Template:Flagicon image Gholam Hossein SadighiTemplate:POW Template:Flagicon image Hossein FatemiTemplate:Executed Template:Flagicon image Taghi RiahiTemplate:POW
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Template:Flagdeco Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Template:Flagdeco Fazlollah Zahedi Template:Flagdeco Nematollah NassiriTemplate:POW Template:Flagdeco Shaban Jafari Template:Flagdeco Assadollah Rashidian Template:Flagdeco Dwight Eisenhower Template:Flagdeco Allen Dulles Template:Flagdeco Kermit Roosevelt Jr. Template:Flagdeco Winston Churchill Template:Flagdeco Anthony Eden Template:Flagdeco John Sinclair
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Casualties
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200–300 killed
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