Cast 72

1. 

   Ralph Fiennes

   Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire

2. 

   Taghi Amirani

   Self - Filmmaker

3. Farhad Diba

   Self - Mossadegh's Nephew

4. Malcolm Byrne

   Self - Researcher

5. Stephen Kinzer

   Self - Writer

6. 

   Walter Murch

   Self - Film Editor

7. Ervand Abrahamian

   Self - Writer

8. Alison Rooper

   Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher

9. 

   David Owen

   Self - Politician

10. Mark Anderson

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

11. Humphry Trevelyan

    Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman

12. Chris Morphet

    Self - Cameraman

13. Rameza Mahsani

    Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain

14. Adbolzahra Baghlani

    Self - Former Gardener

15. Ghobad Fakhimi

    Self - Former Oil Engineer

16. Nigel Hawkes

    Self - Journalist (voice)

17. Stephen Dorril

    Self - Writer

18. Hamid Ahmadi

    Self - Researcher

19. Mousa Mehran

    Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard

20. Ardeshir Zahedi

    Self - Former Politician

21. 

    David Talbot

    Self - Writer

22. Siavush Randjbar-Daemi

    Self - Historian

23. Ahmad Djalili

    Self - Photojournalist

24. Haj Habib

    Self - Butcher

25. Abdolmajid Bayat

    Self - Mossadegh's Grandson

26. Esmail Yazdi

    Self - Mossadegh's Doctor

27. Andrew Goddard

    Loyal Guard

28. Kane Morrell

    Colonel Nassiri

29. 

    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

30. 

    Winston Churchill

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

31. 

    Richard Nixon

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

32. 

    Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

33. 

    Mohammad Mosaddegh

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

34. Julian Amery

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

35. Kermit Roosevelt

    Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

36. 

    Bernie Sanders

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

37. 

    Frank Reynolds

    Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

38. Peter Ramsbotham

    Self - British Official (archive footage)

39. Donald Logan

    Self - British Official (archive footage)

40. Henry Grady

    Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)

41. Sam Falle

    Self - British Official (archive footage)

42. Stephen Meade

    Self - CIA Agent (archive footage)

43. Nasrollah Fatemi

    Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage)

44. Peter Avery

    Self - Teacher (archive footage)

45. Eric Drake

    Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage)

46. Fouad Rouhani

    Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage)

47. Frank Soskice

    Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage)

48. 

    Harry S. Truman

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

49. Basil Jackson

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

50. Joe Addison

    Self - Lawyer (archive footage)

51. Shapour Bakhtiar

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

52. Abolhassan Banisadr

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

53. Fazlollah Zahedi

    Self - Army General (archive footage)

54. George Middleton

    Self - British Official (archive footage)

55. George McGhee

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

56. 

    Joseph McCarthy

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

57. John Foster Dulles

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

58. Richard Cottam

    Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)

59. Fereydoun Azarnour

    Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

60. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran

    Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage)

61. Mehdi Homayouni

    Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

62. Abol-Ghasem Kashani

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

63. Alireza Saheb

    Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage)

64. Nematollah Nassiri

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

65. 

    Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari

    Self - Queen Consort (archive footage)

66. Amir Pishdad

    Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage)

67. Abbas Aghelizadeh

    Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage)

68. Efraim Halevy

    Self - Mossad Head (archive footage)

69. 

    Jacobo Árbenz

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

70. 

    Jimmy Carter

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

71. 

    Ruhollah Khomeini

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

72. 

    Donald Trump

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

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