Question

What was the purpose of cia operations in iran and guatemala during the 1950s?

Answer 1

The purpose of the CIA operations were to oust leaders that had close ties to the Soviet Union and therefor communism. 

Answer 2

The motivation behind the CIA was to prepare specialists and send them to nations with socialist or communist agendas with the goal of eventually having a pro American country instead of a communist anti-american one in the area. The mission of the CIA was to topple political pioneers with socialist and communist goals for their nations.  The CIA succeeded in this exertion by taking down the Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran in 1953 and President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954.