Cables: US falsely said British queen backed 1953 Iran coup
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Iran mistakenly told the shah in 1953 that Britain's newly enthroned Queen Elizabeth II backed a plan to overthrow the country's elected prime minister and America maintained the fiction even after realizing the error, historians now say.
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