The Battle for Iran (CIA History Staff)

Government Record · Tier 1 — Primary Document · Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff · 2014

The CIA History Staff's internal history of the 1953 Iran coup, released in redacted form through the National Security Archive in 2014. It states directly that the coup was carried out under CIA direction.

the military coup that overthrew Mosadeq and his National Front cabinet was carried out under CIA direction as an act of U.S. foreign policy, conceived and approved at the highest levels of government.

Section III.A