Operation Ajax

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf covert operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:TPAJAX
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:category 1953 in Iran
CIA operations
Cold War events
Coups d'état
History of Iran
MI6 operations
Oil politics
United Kingdom–Iran relations
United States–Iran relations
gptkbp:codename gptkb:TPAJAX
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Central_Intelligence_Agency
gptkb:MI6
gptkbp:declassified 2013 (CIA documents)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Ajax
gptkbp:influenced future US-Iran relations
perception of US foreign policy in Middle East
gptkbp:involves revolutionary
bribery of officials
collaboration with Iranian military
orchestrated protests
propaganda campaign
use of local agents
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tehran
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Iran
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Donald_Wilber
gptkb:Fazlollah_Zahedi
gptkb:Mohammad_Mosaddegh
gptkb:Norman_Darbyshire
gptkb:Shah_Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi
gptkb:Kermit_Roosevelt_Jr.
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Kermit_Roosevelt_Jr.
gptkbp:precededBy nationalization of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
gptkbp:purpose overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Anglo-Iranian_Oil_Company
gptkb:Iranian_Revolution_(1979)
gptkbp:result installation of General Fazlollah Zahedi as Prime Minister
gptkbp:resultedIn overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh
restoration of Western control over Iranian oil
strengthening of the Shah's rule
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Shah_Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi
gptkbp:year 1953
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Central_Intelligence_Agency
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4