The Queen and the Coup

The British come up with a plan to exaggerate the communist threat to get the Americans to join their efforts with the coup.

Did Queen Elizabeth meddle into the internal affairs of another country? Or was the Queen used as a hidden asset to start a coup?

February 1953: the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. Little does she know she is about to be deployed in a secret plot to topple Iran’s democratic leader in favor of an all-powerful Shah. Planned by MI6 and executed by the C.I.A., the coup that follows destroys relations between Iran and the West. Using newly declassified documents this film unravels this secret for the first time.