Khomeini's US Network and the FBI's 1984 Secret
Iranian diplomats and Dearborn worshippers were mapped as security threats in a file kept secret for decades, though the names of the FBI's inside sources remain blacked out.
By Marcus Boone ·
Iran
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Secret Cancer That Blinded Washington
A 1977 secret report swore the Shah was in fine health and Iran was stable, while the monarch was dying of cancer—a delusion that left the US blind to the coming revolution.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Mohammad Mosaddegh and the Eleven-Year Silence of the CIA
For over a decade, the Agency released versions of its history of the 1953 Iranian coup that were functionally identical in what they kept blacked out.
By Harlan Pryce ·
An Emirati Official and the 1995 Warning to Halt Sanctions on Iran
Kept secret for decades, a 1995 cable captures the moment a regional ally warned Washington that pushing the Iranian regime too hard would trigger a permanent resolve to resist.
By Constance Bell ·
Persian Agent Fooled Nazi Abwehr in Secret Soviet Collaboration
German intelligence was fed curated misinformation through a Persian radio link managed by the British in a high-stakes collaboration with Soviet agents.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Persian Double Agent Betrayed Nazi Spies via Secret Radio Link
Nazi intelligence was fed controlled misinformation through a Persian agent who operated in a volatile geography where British and Soviet interests collided.
By Constance Bell ·
CIA Ousted Mohammad Mosaddeq While Its Analysts and Operators Clashed
Two appendixes remain hidden from the internal history of the 1953 coup, masking the friction between CIA operators and analysts who worked to oust Mohammad Mosaddeq.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Yeltsin surrendered nuclear launch codes to subordinate during heart surgery
Boris Yeltsin denied sending dangerous missile technology to Iran while admitting he launched a nuclear weapon at the Kamchatka Peninsula during a private 1997 dinner.
By Roy Castellano ·
8 missing pages hide CIA auditors' clash over 1952 Iran operation
Internal friction between CIA auditors and the office of Political and Psychological Warfare has stayed hidden for decades in a record that remains blacked out.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Shah Demands $1 Billion as Iran Threatens Oil Consortium
Iranian leaders threatened to strip the oil consortium of 50 percent of its interests for $1 billion while Israeli flights kept Arab forces on edge and Hanoi weighed a Tet-like offensive.
By Roy Castellano ·