Operation Ajax: The CIA’s Secret War in Iran
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In 1953, Kermit Roosevelt, grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, has unlimited job prospects. But instead of picking a cushy desk job or following his Nobel Peace Prize-winning grandfather's footsteps, he joins the CIA and heads to Tehran where he launches the controversial Operation AJAX - a CIA and MI6 joint venture that topples Iran’s power structure and unleashes decades of chaos.
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about the red flyers… iranians use “persian”, not “arabic”. these are two completely different languages. it’s a small detail, but it casts the merit of the podcast into doubt - a podcast which at first glance sounds well-researched. to be fair, to unfamiliar eyes, persian and arabic writing look the same because they share a largely common alphabet - eg german and english. same as the common misperception that iranians are arabs (maybe because of the majority muslim, albeit shiite, population)