The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

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The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

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Mon Mar 2nd 'Operation Ajax' in Iran: The CIA's Original Sin
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The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

Mar 2, 2026
53½ minutes
120 MB

In 1953 the CIA secretly organized a coup to overthrow the democratically elected leader of Iran. This was the CIA's first regime change operation — code-named 'Operation Ajax' — becoming the playbook for later CIA operations. Its consequences are still reverberating around the world. In this episode we take a deep dive into how Operation Ajax was planned and executed, it's motivations, the political context locally and globally, what happened in Iran after 1953, its impact on US-Iran relations up to today, and more. We've added many archival audio clips, including first-hand accounts on b...

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

'Operation Ajax' in Iran: The CIA's Original Sin

The Socialist Program

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