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America's Coup in Iran | The Nationalist | 1

American Scandal

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Dulles - The Secretary of State for Iran

John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State in 1953. He and his brother were planning a coup to remove Iran's prime minister from power. The operation has momentum, but they haven't yet gotten buy-in from the president. President Dwight D. Eisenhower is reluctant to get involved in Britain's dispute over Iranian oil.

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