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Episode: Why is the Middle East at war?: US intervention explained
Description: The 1953 coup in Iran, orchestrated by the CIA and MI6, toppled the elected Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadegh. Renowned scholar Fawaz Gerges explains how this event set a precedent for an American foreign policy of intervention in the Middle East.
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