If you read the original transcripts and testimonies you will see that the role of the CIA was nowhere as dominant and succesful in this power struggle as widel

If you read the original transcripts and testimonies you will see that the role of the CIA was nowhere as dominant and succesful in this power struggle as widely prpagated. Actually the CIA was of the opinion that the coup had failed and the state department already started to draft communications to Mossadegh when, on the next day, surprisingly people went to the street for the Shah. I guess the narrative of the evil, efficient and powerful CIA suits the US goverment as much as it does Iran.