Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
1916 – 2000 American CIA officer
CIA officer who ran the 1953 coup that toppled Iran's prime minister.
- Affiliations
- Ran Operation Ajax, the 1953 CIA coup in Iran; grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Kermit Roosevelt Jr. was a CIA officer who directed Operation Ajax, the 1953 covert operation that overthrew Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and restored the Shah to full power. He organized street protests and bribed officials during the operation. He was a grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Connections
- rival of Mohammad Mossadegh — Ran the operation that overthrew him in 1953.
- ally of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi — Worked to restore him to full power.
In the timeline
- 1953 Operation Ajax overthrows Mossadegh led the operation on the ground
- 1953 Kermit Roosevelt runs the Tehran coup on the ground mentioned
- 1953 Operation Ajax overthrows Mossadegh led the operation on the ground