Common Misconceptions About Iran—and the Real Story Behind Them
From Operation Ajax to Open Decapitation: The Unfinished Business of America’s Iran Problem
Seventy years after the CIA helped unseat Iran’s elected prime minister in the 1953 coup known as Operation Ajax, Washington’s approach to Tehran appears to have come full circle—from covert manipulation to overt force. The history is not a prologue so much as a warning: removing a leader is often the simplest part. What follows has a way of rewriting a nation’s politics—and America’s place within it—for generations.
The 1953…