 | Ralph Fiennes als Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire |
 | Taghi Amirani als Self - Filmmaker |
 | Farhad Diba als Self - Mossadegh's Nephew |
| Malcolm Byrne als Self - Researcher |
| Stephen Kinzer als Self - Writer |
 | Walter Murch als Self - Film Editor |
| Ervand Abrahamian als Self - Writer |
| Alison Rooper als Self - End of Empire (1985) Researcher |
 | David Owen als Self - Politician |
| Mark Anderson als Self - End of Empire (1985) Producer (voice) |
| Humphry Trevelyan als Self - End of Empire (1985) Cameraman |
| Chris Morphet als Self - Cameraman |
| Rameza Mahsani als Self - Former Ferry Boat Captain |
| Adbolzahra Baghlani als Self - Former Gardener |
| Ghobad Fakhimi als Self - Former Oil Engineer |
| Nigel Hawkes als Self - Journalist (voice) |
| Stephen Dorril als Self - Writer |
| Hamid Ahmadi als Self - Researcher |
| Mousa Mehran als Self - Mossadegh's Former Bodyguard |
| Ardeshir Zahedi als Self - Former Politician |
 | David Talbot als Self - Writer |
| Siavush Randjbar-Daemi als Self - Historian |
| Ahmad Djalili als Self - Photojournalist |
| Haj Habib als Self - Butcher |
| Abdolmajid Bayat als Self - Mossadegh's Grandson |
| Esmail Yazdi als Self - Mossadegh's Doctor |
| Andrew Goddard als Loyal Guard |
| Kane Morrell als Colonel Nassiri |
 | Dwight D. Eisenhower als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Winston Churchill als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Richard Nixon als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Mohammad Mosaddegh als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Julian Amery als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Kermit Roosevelt als Self - CIA Officer (archive footage) |
 | Bernie Sanders als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Frank Reynolds als Self - Anchorman (archive footage) |
| Peter Ramsbotham als Self - British Official (archive footage) |
| Donald Logan als Self - British Official (archive footage) |
| Henry Grady als Self - US Diplomat (archive footage) |
| Sam Falle als Self - British Official (archive footage) |
| Stephen Meade als Self - CIA Agent (archive footage) |
| Nasrollah Fatemi als Self - Iranian Diplomat (archive footage) |
| Peter Avery als Self - Teacher (archive footage) |
| Eric Drake als Self - Refinery Manager (archive footage) |
| Fouad Rouhani als Self - Legal Advisor (archive footage) |
| Frank Soskice als Self - UK Attorney General (archive footage) |
 | Harry S. Truman als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Basil Jackson als Self - Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. VP (archive footage) |
| Joe Addison als Self - Lawyer (archive footage) |
| Shapour Bakhtiar als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Abolhassan Banisadr als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Fazlollah Zahedi als Self - Army General (archive footage) |
| George Middleton als Self - British Official (archive footage) |
| George McGhee als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Joseph McCarthy als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| John Foster Dulles als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Richard Cottam als Self - CIA Officer (archive footage) |
| Fereydoun Azarnour als Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage) |
| Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran als Self - Shah's Sister (archive footage) |
| Mehdi Homayouni als Self - Royal Guard / Tudeh Militant (archive footage) |
| Abol-Ghasem Kashani als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Alireza Saheb als Self - Mossadegh's Aide (archive footage) |
| Nematollah Nassiri als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari als Self - Queen Consort (archive footage) |
| Amir Pishdad als Self - Medical Student (1953) (archive footage) |
| Abbas Aghelizadeh als Self - Tudeh Militant (archive footage) |
| Efraim Halevy als Self - Mossad Head (archive footage) |
 | Jacobo Árbenz als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Jimmy Carter als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Ruhollah Khomeini als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Donald Trump als Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Taghi Amirani | Director |
| Taghi Amirani | Writer |
| Walter Murch | Writer |
| Paul Zaentz | Producer |
| Walter Murch | Editor |
| Taghi Amirani | Director of Photography |
| Ahmad Kiarostami | Co-Producer |
| Amir Amirani | Co-Producer |
| Chris Morphet | Director of Photography |
| Claudia Raschke | Director of Photography |
| Paul Gardner | Archival Footage Coordinator |
| Martyn Pick | Animation Director |
| Robert Miller | Original Music Composer |
| Fateme Ahmadi | Associate Producer |
| Ali Amirani | Associate Producer |
| Immy Humes | Associate Producer |
| Gerry Ohrstrom | Executive Producer |
| Neda Nobari | Executive Producer |
| Jon Wilcox | Executive Producer |
| Taghi Amirani | Producer |
| Ralph Fiennes | Thanks |
| Evelyn Franks | Associate Editor |
| Vince Knight | Director of Photography |
| Sharon Pinsker | Lead Animator |
| Ali Charmi | Animation |
| Kelvin Johnson | Animation |
| Giulia Scrimieri | Costume Designer |
| Ruhaniah Ahmed | Makeup Artist |
| Jason Kelvin | Art Direction |
| Hai Le | Stunt Coordinator |
| Vicente Franco | Additional Photography |
| Abbas Kowsari | Additional Photography |
| Moslem Tehrani | Additional Photography |
| Ali Amirani | Additional Photography |
| Ben Richards | Additional Photography |
| Simon Fanthorpe | Additional Photography |
| Ines Sommer | Additional Photography |
| Mark James | Additional Photography |
| Keith Branch | Sound Recordist |
| Julian Wilson | Sound Recordist |
| Sean O'Neil | Sound Recordist |
| Mehdi Hasani Bafrani | Sound Recordist |
| Garrett McDonald | Sound Recordist |
| Joseph Keppler | Sound Recordist |
| Elijah Brown | Grip |
| Emma Parsons | Production Manager |
| Glynis Robertson | Production Manager |
| Gisela Evert | Post Production Supervisor |
| Paul Ensby | Colorist |
| Martin Jensen | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jim Goddard | Sound Effects Editor |
| Anna Wright | Foley Artist |
| Salome Siavoshi | Researcher |
| Giulia Cosentino | Researcher |
| Declan Smith | Researcher |
| Rosemary Rotondi | Researcher |
| Hesam Eslami | Researcher |
