PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

2017/08/08
1953 Iran Coup: New U.S. Documents Confirm British Approached U.S. in Late 1952 About Ousting Mosaddeq
State Department Temporarily Declined, in Part Because U.S. Was Still Hoping to Reach Oil Deal with Iranian Prime Minister

2017/06/15
Iran 1953: State Department Finally Releases Updated Official History of Mosaddeq Coup
Formerly Secret Documents from State, CIA Provide New Information about Covert Operations Planning and Implementation Plus Contemporaneous Analyses

2016/11/25
The Iran-Contra Affair 30 Years Later: A Milestone in Post-Truth Politics
Declassified Records Recall Official Deception in the Name of Protecting a Presidency

2016/06/23
U.S., Britain Developed Plans to Disable or Destroy Middle Eastern Oil Facilities from Late 1940s to Early 1960s in Event of a Soviet Invasion
British Plans Envisioned Using Nuclear Weapons as an Option in Iran and Iraq, According to Declassified Documents

2015/07/14
Iran’s Nuclear Program – Then and Now
Documents from 1970s Presage Issues Surrounding July 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Deal with P5+1

2015/06/29
The Gas Centrifuge Secret: Origins of a U.S. Policy of Nuclear Denial, 1954-1960
Beginning in 1950s, U.S. Sought to Control Uranium Enrichment Technology that Iranians Are Using Today

2014/09/05
Iran-Contra Revisited
New Book Places Reagan at Center of 1980s Scandal
Lack of Legal or Legislative Closure to Affair Opened Path to Future Presidential Abuses
Narrative Spotlights Iranian, Israeli, Nicaraguan Perspectives

2014/07/02
Iran 1953: US Envoy to Baghdad Suggested to Fleeing Shah He Not Acknowledge Foreign Role in Coup
Shah "Agreed," Declassified Cable Says
Document Casts Doubt over Accuracy of US Reports from Tehran -- and Adds to Debate over Responsibility for the Coup

2014/06/29
The Battle for Iran, 1953: Re-Release of CIA Internal History Spotlights New Details about anti-Mosaddeq Coup
U.S. Ambassador Loy Henderson and Some CIA Officials Initially Disagreed with Certain Premises of Coup Planners

2014/05/12
Iran 1953: The Strange Odyssey of Kermit Roosevelt's Countercoup
CIA Approved Ex-Agent's Memoir of "28 Mordad" Coup After Changes Rendered It "Essentially a Work of Fiction"
1979 Publication Delayed by Legal Threats from British Petroleum, Iran Hostage Crisis
Shah and CIA Director George Bush Okayed Memoir Idea

2014/03/26
Iran-Contra: Lawrence Walsh's Contribution to History
Independent Counsel Uncovered Presidential Abuses, Left Invaluable Historical Record

2013/08/19
CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup
National Security Archive Calls for Release of Remaining Classified Record

2012/10/12
U.S.-Iran: Lessons from an Earlier War
New Book "Becoming Enemies" Explores Roots of the Current Crisis with Iran
Ex-Officials' Candid Accounts & Declassified Documents Provide Fresh Details, Illuminate Ongoing Hostility

2011/11/25
IRAN CONTRA AT 25: REAGAN AND BUSH 'CRIMINAL LIABILITY' EVALUATIONS
Presidential 'Exposure' and roles detailed in Special Prosecutor Reports
Reagan Briefed In Advance on Each Group of Missiles Sold to Iran
Bush Chaired Secret Committee that Recommended Mining Harbors of Nicaragua

2010/05/30
Secret U.S. Overture to Iran in 1999 Broke Down Over Terrorism Allegations
U.S. Also Misunderstood Iran's Leadership Dynamics in Attempting Exclusive Contact with President Khatami

2009/01/13
U.S. - Iran Nuclear Negotiations in 1970s Featured Shah's Nationalism and U.S. Weapons Worries
Newly Declassified Documents Reveal Remarkable Continuity with Today's U.S.-Iran Nuclear Controversy

2006/11/24
The Iran-Contra Affair 20 Years On
Documents Spotlight Role of Reagan, Top Aides

2006/11/10
The Robert Gates File
The Iran-Contra Scandal, 1991 Confirmation Hearings, and Excerpts from new book Safe for Democracy

2004/06/22
Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran
New Volume Reexamines a Seminal Event in Modern Middle Eastern History

2000/11/29
The Secret CIA History of the Iran Coup, 1953
National Security Archive Calls for Release of Remaining Classified Record

2000/08/02
CIA SECRECY CLAIMS ARE “FACIALLY INCREDIBLE,” SAYS LAWSUIT
Plaintiff Challenges CIA’s Stonewalling on 50-Year-Old Operations in Iran, Italy; Freedom of Information Case Cites Previous CIA Promises and Releases

1999/11/05
20 Years after the Hostages: Declassified Documents on Iran and the United States
The shocking seizure of the American embassy and its staff in Tehran on November 4, 1979, placed U.S.-Iran relations firmly in the deep freeze.

PARTNERS

Malcolm Byrne
The National Security Archive
The George Washington University

John Tirman
Center for International Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Huss Banai
School of Global and International Studies
Indiana University, Bloomington

James Blight & janet Lang
Balsillie School of International Affairs
Waterloo, Ontario


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