In the 1950s, CIA operative Kermit Roosevelt was in charge of toppling this country's PM Mossadegh
[DOC] [TLE] CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup - National Security Archive [PAR] Aug 19, 2013 ... Coup operatives made copies of the document and circulated it around ... the CIA
- and MI6-backed plot to overthrow the country's prime minister, .... Jack Straw 
publicly remarked on Britain's part in toppling Mosaddeq, .... from Kermit 
Roosevelt, the senior CIA officer on the ground in Iran during the coup.