The Redacted History of Iran | How the CIA Stole a Democracy

About this episode

This episode discusses the 1953 Iranian Coup and the role of the CIA and the British in undermining Iran's democracy.

Welcome back to the Redacted History Podcast, in this episode we are tackling a bite sized history lesson on the 1953 Iranian Coup. The United States, with the help of the British, stole Iran's democracy. But why....? This is the first in a several part Middle East Series where we discuss how the United States has treated Middle Eastern countries and how that affects us today. REDACTED HISTORY LIVE SHOW QUESTIONNAIRE: https://forms.gle/qhJFC3wsYTV3ixz6A Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Andre White

Topics covered

• Iranian Coup
• CIA
• democracy
• Middle East
• U.S. foreign policy
• history

Keywords

• Iran
• CIA
• 1953
• democracy
• Middle East
• U.S. foreign policy
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, United States, British

Places: Iran

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