
Four Days in August
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Mohammad Mosa del Des Houss was elected Prime Minister of Iran in 1953. On August 15th, a coup attempt tried to oust him from his post. The plot failed when news of it leaked out and the phone lines were not cut. He would stay as Prime Minister but little did he know that night was just the beginning of a much bigger battle to come.
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