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Synopsis. While making a documentary about the CIA/MI6 coup in Iran in 1953, Iranian director Taghi Amirani and editor Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, The English Patient) discover never seen before archive material hidden for decades.
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17,198 views 1 year ago. COUP 53 coming back to the big screen throughout 2023, the 70th anniversary of the 1953 MI6/CIA coup in Iran. The 1953 coup in Iran is THE origin story of decades...
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Coup 53 is a 2019 British documentary about the 1953 Iranian coup d'état to overthrow Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, co-written and directed by Taghi Amirani and co-written and edited by Walter Murch.
Synopsis. Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état ...
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Aug 19, 2020 · Coup 53: Directed by Taghi Amirani. With Ralph Fiennes, Walter Murch, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Theatrical feature documentary on the story of Operation Ajax, the CIA/MI6 staged coup in 1953 in Iran that overthrew Prime Minister Mossadegh.
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- Taghi Amirani
- 2020-08-19
Aug 18, 2020 · Co-directed by Taghi Amirani and renowned film editor Walter Murch, Coup 53 tells the story of Operation Ajax, in which Britain's MI6 and the American CIA engineered the forcible removal of...
Aug 19, 2020 · Reviews. Coup 53. Glenn Kenny August 19, 2020. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Consider the staggering failure of U.S. policy in Iran over the past ... well, almost 70 years. What of it?