The 1953 military coup against the democratically-elected government in Iran was a major rallying point for anti-American sentiment that led to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, says a US-based analyst.

Seventy years ago, the United States, with the help of the British spy service, staged a coup against the democratic government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossaddegh.

British and American spies waged a devastatingly effective covert campaign using saboteurs, staged protests, false flag bombings, and assassinations in Iran.