American Coup
Overview
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.
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Release date
09/11/2010
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Original Soundtrack
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Stronger Than a Bullet
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Climbing Iran
Rug
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Tribute to the Teachers
The Mongols
Doctors of the Dark Side
Police State
When the Mountains Tremble
Charlie Wilson's War
Green Days
The young honduran revolution
Country Reset
Ameretat
Return of a President
Slaughter (Besmel)
Fragments of a Revolution (Sahneye Tarikh)
Unacknowledged
¡Bombardeo!