It was not an embassy here, but a US spy-den

(Extracted from a series of memoirs by Seyyed Ahamad Khomeini, Vol. 1, P. 49)

An excerpt from Imam Khomeini's speech on the occasion of the 1953 coup.

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V. 6. P. 3-4

Iran marks anniversary of 1953 coup , Imam Khomeini on several occasions strongly denounced US, UK ...

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, in his historic addresses and statements denounced the 1953 coup against the then elected Iranian government.

Rare pictures of 1953 coup in Iran

August 1953 coup and mistakes by then Prime Minister Mosaddeq

Islamic revolution was totally free from foreign dependence

The late Ayatullah Rouhullah Khomeini of Iran was the most talked of person during 1979 - 1989 period after leading a successful revolution against the powerful Shah Pahlavi who was called the policeman of Persian Gulf.

Appeal for high turnout in Nov. 4 rallies to prove US, Israel defeat in recent anti-Iranian plots

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says massive demonstrations all across the country on November 4 to commemorate the National Day against the Global Arrogance would manifest the fiasco of latest US-Israeli conspiracies and hybrid war against the Islamic Republic.

Leader says 1953 coup, not embassy takeover, ‘starting point’ in US-Iran row

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed as a “lie” the US assertion that the 1979 takeover of their embassy in Tehran is what set off the ongoing dispute between Iran and the United States, saying the "starting point" of the row goes back to the CIA-orchestrated coup of 1953.