In the early 1950s, the CIA secretly organized the overthrow of Irans democratically chosen leader and replaced him with a monarch, .....

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

In the early 1950s, the CIA secretly organized the overthrow of Iran’s democratically chosen leader and replaced him with a monarch, ____

A	the Shah
B	The Mufti
C	Sultan
D	Thanos

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -There are many claims that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has repeatedly intervened in the internal affairs of Iran, from the Mossadegh coup of 1953 to the present time. The CIA is said to have collaborated with the last Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Detailed explanation-2: -President Nixon, who had first met the Shah in 1953, regarded him as a modernizing anticommunist statesman who deserved American support now that the British were withdrawing from the region.

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