# Seven decades of US regime change efforts: What have they achieved?

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-19 15:46 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/seven-decades-of-us-regime-change-efforts-what-have-they-achieved?traffic_source=rss

> US interventions in Iran and elsewhere show a recurring pattern of regime change accompanied by heavy human and financial costs. The article traces the 1953 CIA- and British-backed overthrow of Iran’s elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and the coups, covert operations, sanctions and military confrontations that later shaped relations between Washington and Tehran.