1953 Coup
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Ex-Iran FM Fatemi was victim of dictatorship and colonialism: Spokesman
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei has commemorated Hossein Fatemi, Iran’s foreign minister before the 1953 coup led by the US, for his efforts to protect Iran’s independence and sovereignty.
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Iran court holds first trial over CIA-plotted 1953 coup
Tehran, IRNA – A court in the Iranian capital has held the first hearing on a lawsuit filed against the US administration and its officials for their role in the 1953 coup against the then democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.
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CIA acknowledges 1953 coup in Iran as undemocratic
Tehran, IRNA – The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has publically described the 1953 coup it backed in Iran, which overthrew Iranian democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosadeq and cemented the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as undemocratic.
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Speaker: Youth will not allow world's bullies to use Iran as 'backyard'
Tehran, IRNA – Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has said that the youth in the country will not allow bullies of the world to again use Iran as their backyard.
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‘Staging coups recurring theme of US, UK policies’
Tehran, IRNA – The United States and the United Kingdom repeatedly interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries and stage coups whenever their interests require, says Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman.
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US still pursuing arrogant policies towards Iran, others: Speaker
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf has underlined that today’s United States is the same US of the time of 1953 Iranian coup d'état (28 Mordad coup), because the level and depth of Washington’s arrogant view in dealing with other countries, including Iran, has not changed at all.