Cossack forces led by Reza Khan entered Tehran and helped install journalist Seyyed Zia al-Din Tabataba’i as prime minister. British officials had contacts with plotters and British policy shaped the setting, but the degree of British direction is contested; Iranian military and political calculations also mattered.
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The event record explains why this distinction matters: An Iranian-led coup shaped by British involvement whose degree is disputed.