Ajax Operation: The 1953 coup in Iran
The 1953 coup that overthrew the government of democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was more than a turning point in Iranian history; it left a deep and lasting mark on the nation’s relationship with the United States.
This documentary revisits the role of the US in the coup and examines how that experience helped shape the deep mistrust and anti-American sentiment that ultimately culminated in the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran.
But the story goes beyond Iran, exploring a broader pattern in which American embassies and intelligence networks have operated as instruments of political intervention and regime change in countries that challenged Washington’s interests.
By connecting the events of 1953 to a wider history of covert intervention, the film asks a compelling question: was the Iranian experience an exception or part of a much larger pattern?
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