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It's August 19, 1953 in Tehran.

It's mid-afternoon in the capital city of Iran in a section of downtown that's normally bustling with commerce.

Most days there are families out walking in the town squares, children playing in the shadows of tall stone buildings,

benders hawking their goods on the sidewalk, and friends gathering at cafes for a late lunch.

But today Tehran is anything but the portrait of a settled metropolis.

In every direction buildings are on fire.

The streets are littered with glass from shattered storefronts, and as groups of men storm through the streets,

they chant in a frenzied chorus that voices competing with the sound of scattered gunshots.

Watching the chaos unfold from the passenger seat of a Buick is a well-dressed American man in his 30s.

In Iran, he's known as James Lockridge.

But that's an alias. His real name is Kermit Roosevelt Jr.

He's the grandson of former President Teddy Roosevelt and a distant cousin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

And like those famous family members, Kermit Roosevelt has dedicated himself to a life of public service.

He believes in the American way and spends his days fighting to advance American values across the world.

But unlike his famous grandfather and distant cousin, Roosevelt has avoided electoral politics.

He's taken up his work in a much less visible pocket of the American government.

Roosevelt is a spy working for the CIA, and he's come to Iran to lead a top secret mission,

one that promises to change the balance of power in the Middle East.

The plan is known as Operation Ajax.

It's a complicated mission involving oil, money, and international alliances.

But in the end, it's anchored in a very simple goal.

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