The Queen and the Coup 

Friday, Dec. 3, at 5 PM

February 1953 was the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. Little did she know that she was 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 CIA, the coup that followed destroyed relations between Iran and the West. Using newly declassified documents, THE QUEEN AND THE COUP unravels this secret.