1953

Operation Ajax, known in Iran as the Mordad Coup, was a coup d'état orchestrated in Iran by the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, British oil companies, and elements of the CIA and MI6. It deposed the populist-nationalist and allegedly pro-Soviet prime minister of the country, Mohammed Mossadegh, and...

I'm doing some work on a TL idea that I've had batting around in my head for a while. The idea is that Tehran police chief Mahmoud Afshartous isn't assassinated and in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt against the PM he is in charge of regulating the rioting Tudeh forces. In OTL the man...