American Coup (2010)

AMERICAN COUP tells the story of the first coup ever carried out by the CIA Iran 1953 Explores the blowback from this seminal event as well as the coups lingering effects on the present USIranian relationship Includes a segment on the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis and its relation to the 1953 coup Concludes with a section on the recent Iranian presidential election Contains interviews with noted Middle East experts and historians and prominent public figures such as Stephen Kinzer author All The Shahs Men Prof Ervand Abrahamian Trita Parsi Col Lawrence Wilkerson Ted Koppel and Rep Ron Paul of Texas With Iranian cinematography by James Longley