The August 1953 Coup in Iran | Reflections Episode 3

Why was August 1953 a pivotal moment in US-Iran relations? Abbas Milani, the Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University and a research fellow and codirector of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution, explores this topic through collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives and reveals why scholars have spent decades trying to figure out what exactly happened.
The Ardashir Zahidi papers are housed at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University. Explore the finding aid for the collection: oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13...
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