Coup 53

Ralph Fiennes

as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire

Taghi Amirani

as Self - Filmmaker

Farhad Diba

as Self - Mossadegh's Nephew

Malcolm Byrne

as Self - Researcher

Stephen Kinzer

as Self - Writer

Walter Murch

as Self - Film Editor

Ervand Abrahamian

as Self - Writer

Alison Rooper

as Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher

David Owen

as Self - Politician

Mark Anderson

as Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice)

Humphry Trevelyan

as Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman

Chris Morphet

as Self - Cameraman

Rameza Mahsani

as Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain

Adbolzahra Baghlani

as Self - Former Gardener

Ghobad Fakhimi

as Self - Former Oil Engineer

Nigel Hawkes

as Self - Journalist (voice)

Stephen Dorril

as Self - Writer

Hamid Ahmadi

as Self - Researcher

Mousa Mehran

as Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard

Ardeshir Zahedi

as Self - Former Politician

David Talbot

as Self - Writer

Siavush Randjbar-Daemi

as Self - Historian

Ahmad Djalili

as Self - Photojournalist

Haj Habib

as Self - Butcher

Abdolmajid Bayat

as Self - Mossadegh's Grandson

Esmail Yazdi

as Self - Mossadegh's Doctor

Andrew Goddard

as Loyal Guard

Kane Morrell

as Colonel Nassiri

Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mohammad Mosaddegh

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Julian Amery

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Kermit Roosevelt

as Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

Bernie Sanders

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Frank Reynolds

as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

Peter Ramsbotham

as Self - British Official (archive footage)

Donald Logan

as Self - British Official (archive footage)

Henry Grady

as Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)

Sam Falle

as Self - British Official (archive footage)

Stephen Meade

as Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)

Nasrollah Fatemi

as Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)

Peter Avery

as Self - Teacher (archive footage)

Eric Drake

as Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)

Fouad Rouhani

as Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)

Frank Soskice

as Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Basil Jackson

as Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage)

Joe Addison

as Self - Lawyer (archive footage)

Shapour Bakhtiar

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Abolhassan Banisadr

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Fazlollah Zahedi

as Self - Army General (archive footage)

George Middleton

as Self - British Official (archive footage)

George McGhee

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

John Foster Dulles

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Richard Cottam

as Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

Fereydoun Azarnour

as Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran

as Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)

Mehdi Homayouni

as Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

Abol-Ghasem Kashani

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Alireza Saheb

as Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)

Nematollah Nassiri

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari

as Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)

Amir Pishdad

as Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage)

Abbas Aghelizadeh

as Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

Efraim Halevy

as Self - Mossad Head (archive footage)

Jacobo Árbenz

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Donald Trump

as Self - Politician (archive footage)