A man erases “Yankee Go Home” graffiti from a wall in Tehran, the capital of Iran, in 1953. (Wikimedia Commons)
On June 15, the U.S. State Department quietly published new information on the 1953 Iran coup and the Central Intelligence Agency’s tactics in toppling Iran’s government. “Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952-1954, Iran, 1951–1954,” posted on the U.S. Office of the Historian website, contains over 1,000 documents related to the 1953 coup.
The Associated Press explains:
Once expunged from its official history... Читать дальше...