Operation Ajax refers to
A) the removal of Reza Khan by the British in 1941.
B) the seizure of the American embassy in 1979.
C) the first policies of land reform under the White Revolution in 1963.
D) the U.S.-UK covert program that was instrumental in the overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddeq.

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Operation Ajax was the codename for a joint covert operation by the United States and the United Kingdom in 1953 to overthrow the democratically-elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddeq, and install a pro-Western monarchy. The operation had major long-term consequences for the relationship between the United States and Iran.

Operation Ajax Refers to