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AP WAS THERE: A 1953 CIA-led coup in Iran topples prime minister, cements shah's power
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEDITOR'S NOTE — In August 1953, a CIA-backed coup toppled Iran's prime minister, cementing the rule...
28 photos show what Iran looked like before the 1979 revolution turned the nation into an Islamic...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe Shah of Iran with his third wife, Empress Farah Diba, and their son Crown Prince Reza.Getty...
After Saudi Arabia, Iran may be patching up with its oldest Arab foe
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIt was perhaps the first royal wedding of its stature to have been filmed in the Middle East. The...
CIA publicly acknowledges 1953 coup it backed in Iran was undemocratic as it revisits 'Argo' rescue
Associated Press via AOL· 7 months agoWhile revealing new details about one of the most famed CIA operations of all times — the spiriting...
Iran Has a Long History of Political Activism and Protest. Here’s What To Know
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn unveiled woman standing on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way towards Aichi cemetery in...
Famous birthdays for Oct. 26: Seth MacFarlane, Keith Urban
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSeth MacFarlane attends the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in...
Son of Iran's last shah set to make first visit to Israel
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIran's exiled crown prince is scheduled to come to Israel this week on a visit that reflects the...
Dissident Iranian cleric, relative of top leader, dies at 96
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAli Tehrani, a dissident cleric and brother-in-law of Iran’s supreme leader, has died at age 96, local media reported. Tehrani had been a critic of Iran’s authoritarian ruler, Shah Mohammad ...
Hidden for decades, masterpieces of Western art go on display — in Tehran
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome rarely seen 19th and 20th century American and European minimalist and conceptual masterpieces...
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHere is a look at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1939 Birth place: Mashhad, Iran Birth name: Seyyed...
