American Coup
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 coup's lingering effects on the present US-Iranian 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 Shah's Men), Prof. Ervand Abrahamian, Trita Parsi, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Ted Koppel and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. With Iranian cinematography by James Longley.
Ali Abbas Zafar
Director
Anant Vidhaat Sharma
as
Karan
Paresh Rawal
as
Theuban / Firdaus
Salman Khan
as
Tiger / Avinash Singh Rathore
Barbara Kopple
Director
Harry S. Truman
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Self - U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as
Self - U.S. President
John F. Kennedy
as
Self - U.S. President
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