The CIA-led coup in 1953 was not the only American intervention against the development of democracy in Iran, but it was one of the major ones. Kanoon Towhid London is proud to screen a documentary on the 65th anniversary of the coup.  

“Inheritance”  by Cambiz Amir-Khosravi highlights the realities distorted by the CIA-led coup till now.

In 2011, in an unusual twist of fate, Cambiz Amir-Khosravi discovered the truth about his father and the shocking role he played in the history of modern Iran.

Previously all he knew was that his father had been the Minister of Finance under Reza Shah.  In 1953, as a nine year old boy, he had no idea that he was an eyewitness to the CIA-led coup that overthrew the democratic government of Dr. Mohammed Mossaddegh, and returned the Shah to power.

August 19, 1953, was not only a life changing event for Amir-Khosravi but, more importantly, for the nation of Iran and the complex relationship between Iran and US before the Islamic revolution of 1979.

This film, accounted as a foreign film, will be screened in English.

Filmed on 2015

Duration: 80 min

Saturday 26 August 2017

7pm