My name is Luke Lamanah, and you may be asking yourself, what is this guy doing on my feed?

Well, not too long ago, my YouTube series got the attention of Ballin Studios, the team behind

Mr. Ballin podcast, strange, dark, and mysterious stories, and so many other great podcasts,

and together we decided to launch a brand new podcast. It's called Redacted Declassified Mysteries,

and in this show, we dive deep into astonishing true stories of secrets, lies, and deception

inside the world's most powerful institutions. You see, history has shown us one thing.

When you try too hard to hide something, it only makes people more curious.

After exhaustively researching how governments and military operations have cloaked their actions

in secrecy, it's time to bring these stories out of the shadows. Trust me when I tell you,

the stories are real, and the secrets are shocking. I'm about to play you a clip from redacted, declassified mysteries.

While you listen, make sure to follow the show on the Wondery app,

or wherever you get your podcasts.

In the summer of 1953, CIA operative Kermit Roosevelt Jr. paced around his office at the American embassy in Tehran, or as he'd like to call it, his battle station.

Kermit was the grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt and took real pleasure in feeling like he was in charge. But outside the embassy in the Iranian streets,

it didn't seem like anyone was in command of anything. Beyond the gates at the edge of the

embassy compound, crowds of protesters were moving down the street, chanting anti-American slogans.

What sounded like a glass bottle exploded on the street, Kermit moved to his window and flipped the blinds shut.

Iran's government was friendly with the U.S. in those days, but Tehran, the capital, had been in chaos

for the past three days. There had been protests and riots all over the city, and now the violence

was reaching a crescendo. Statues of former Iranian leaders had been torn down one by one.

The crowds had also looted every building in the main city square

and opened fire on counter-protesters and passers-by alike. So far, hundreds had died in the riots,

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