| Ousted by | Mohammad Mosaddegh |
| Coup leader | Kermit Roosevelt Jr |
| Start Date | 1951-00-00 |
| End Date | 1953-00-00 |
| Notes | Iranians elected Mossadegh prime minister in 1951. Quickly, the leader moved to nationalize oil production in the country. According to Donald N. Wilber, a principal planner of the mission, wrote within months of the overthrow. “It was the aim of the TPAJAX project” – the mission’s code name – “to cause the fall of the Mossadeq government; to reestablish the prestige and power of the Shah.” |