operation ajax
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- _kg_layer
- 0
- date
- 1953
- description
- A covert operation authorized by CIA Director Allen Dulles and led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr., which overthrew Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in Iran in 1953.
- location
- Iran
Relationships
- involvedMI6
- description
- Operation Ajax was a collaborative effort between the CIA and the British intelligence agency MI6.
- source
- President John F. Kennedy met with Soviet Premiertext_chunk
- source_text
- working with British intelligence agency MI6.
- restored_access_toIranian oil
- description
- The outcome of Operation Ajax was the re-establishment of Western access to Iranian oil reserves.
- source
- President John F. Kennedy met with Soviet Premiertext_chunk
- source_text
- The operation restored Western access to Iranian oil.
- extracted_fromPresident John F. Kennedy met with Soviet Premier
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-09T02:27:38.379Z
- source
- President John F. Kennedy met with Soviet Premiertext_chunk