In 1987, PBS aired a television report showing how the CIA overthrew Iran’s democratically elected leader, Mohammad Mosaddeq, in 1953. This was because he nationalized the country’s oil, a move that harmed the interests of foreign companies. Following the CIA-backed coup, American companies took control of more than half of Iran’s oil.
A TV Report from 1987 on the American shadow government and how the CIA overthrew Iran’s democratic government in 1953
