It's common knowledge that the US government and the CIA has toppled dictators and put their own leaders in power, but how did they do that?

by m1a2c2kali

Outside of straight war like Iraq of course. Im more inquiring about Iran and their situation.

eddiejone

Well they spent a long time accusing Mosadegh of being a Communist dictator ultra nationalist homosexual Bahai etc and even arranged for the bombing if a prominent cleric's house in order to blame the Prime Minister and cause did is ions between his supporters etc. Then they paid street thugs to gather up a mob, who cooperated with the military coup planners.