Tehran says the United States is a record-holder of interfering in the affairs of independent states, naming the US-orchestrated coup of 1953 in Iran as an instance of that dark history. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani took to Twitter on Friday to mark the 69th anniversary of the 1953 coup, which was organized by American and British spy ...

On the anniversary of the US-led coup in Iran in 1953 which toppled the Iranian government under Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman has posted a message. "The American government tops the world record in terms of intervening in affairs of other countries and staging military attacks and coup against independent countries ...