Lesson Plan: Regime Change in Iran – Oil and Operation Ajax
Grades 10-12
In 1953, after the Iranian government nationalized the Iranian oil industry under the control of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, the C.I.A. orchestrated a coup that resulted in a regime change in Iran. Operation Ajax restored Shah Reza Pahlavi, a U.S. ally during the Cold War, to power and paved the way for the Iran revolution in 1979, leading to a strained relationship between the two countries.
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