That depends on how liberal you believe a coup d'état is... Iran's prime minister was overthrown by the UK and the USA because Iran wanted to nationalise its o

That depends on how liberal you believe a coup d'état is... Iran's prime minister was overthrown by the UK and the USA because Iran wanted to nationalise its oil companies. The UK & USA weren't having any of that and put their own choice of government in charge. Naturally, this had a large influence on the eventual Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the country's swing away from the west.