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Julian Pecquet, « Sixty years later, CIA admits role in Iran coup », TheHill, (lire en ligne, consulté le ) ‘There is no longer good reason to keep secrets about such a critical episode in our recent past… The basic facts are widely known to every school child in Iran. Suppressing the details only distorts the history, and feeds into myth-making on all sides.’.