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Dedicated to the study and understanding of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh محمد مصدق
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“I think it is time to stop fooling the American people about the situation in Iran.” In dueling letters to The Washington Post, DC area Iranian-Americans debated the stability of the Shah, election integrity, degree of political freedom etc. (1961)
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DC Iranians Debate Shah's Stability, Merits and Faults (1961)
In dueling letters to The Washington Post, DC area Iranian-Americans debated the stability of the Shah, election rigging, and degree of political freedom in Iran (Feb. 1961). The Mossadegh Project | ...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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“The election, if it is completed this time, will result in a pro-Shah, pro-American government regardless of which candidates win.” — CIA on election rigging in Iran (1961)
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CIA on the Shah's Rigging of Iranian Elections (Jan. 1961)
"The Shah apparently has decided to use government influence to ensure that candidates of his choice win in nearly every constituency." CIA on election rigging in Iran, Jan. 18, 1961 secret report. T...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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“From the outset there was no hostility by the United States toward Mossadegh. We were not fundamentally opposed to Mossadegh. We were, however, deeply concerned by his inability to work out an agreement with the British.” — William Rountree, US State Dept. #Iran
Amb. William M. Rountree on Iran 1951-1953, CIA Coup
Interviews with U.S. Amb. William M. Rountree on Iran's oil nationalization, Premier Mossadegh, the Shah and the CIA coup in 1953. Rountree was Ambassador to four countries from 1959-1973. The Mossad...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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“Liberal secular politicians opposed to Islamic control of Iranian society point to the late Mohammad Mossadegh as the kind of leader this nation should have.

But as liberals increasingly invoked his memory in defense of their policies, clergymen opened fire on him.”
— AP, 1979

#Iran #Tehran
Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, former Prime Minister of Iran
October 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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The Dulles brothers talking on the phone about Iran and Operation Ajax. What a conversation!
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Sec. Dulles and CIA's Allen Dulles Discuss Iran Coup Plans (1953)
Telephone conversation between Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and his brother, CIA Chief Allen Dulles, on U.S. plans to foment regime change in Iran via covert operations (Operation Ajax). — J...
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October 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Former President Harry Truman’s most direct repudiation of the CIA—the agency he signed into being in 1947—was not divulged until after he died.
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Harry Truman on Forming the CIA: “I Think It Was A Mistake”
When Harry Truman said he was "disturbed" by the CIA's illicit covert activities abroad, it set off a firestorm in the agency he founded in 1947. — Dec. 21, 1963. The Mossadegh Project | www.Mohammad...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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“Certainly Iran, Britain, the United States and all the free half of the world are suffering from this stalemate and atmosphere of hate and greed.” — Sen. Margaret Chase Smith on the oil dispute between Iran and Britain (Sept. 1952).
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U.S. Must Break Oil Impasse | Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (1952)
"I would hope that by the time that you read this that a satisfactory solution to, and settlement of, the emotional and strategic oil mess in Iran will have been reached." — U.S. Senator Margaret Cha...
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September 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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An anonymous British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company official explains “what it’s like” in Abadan during Iran’s oil nationalization drive. Biased and inaccurate, this curious newspaper article from July 1951 may well have been AIOC propaganda in disguise.
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The Britons Who Hold On In Abadan | By An AIOC Official (1951)
An anonymous British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company official explains "what it’s like" in Abadan during Iran's oil nationalization drive. Biased and inaccurate, this curious newspaper article from July 19...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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The D’Arcy Concession was signed between the Iranian government and British prospector William Knox D’arcy on May 28, 1901. This 60-year contract, later extended to 90, changed the entire course of history of Iran.
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The D'Arcy Concession: Text of 1901 Agreement on Iranian Oil
Full text of the D'Arcy Concession, the historic agreement between the Iranian government and British prospector William Knox D'arcy on May 28, 1901. This led to the creation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil...
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September 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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“ALL SMILES: The Shah of Persia and Queen Soraya are seen in their Rome hotel as they received the news of the overthrow of Mossadeq.” — Evening Standard (London), Aug. 20, 1953 #Iran
The Shah and Queen react happily to news that Premier Mossadegh was overthrown in Iran (Rome, Italy).
August 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Something New To Cry About! This cartoon on Iran by Charles Werner ran on the front page of The Indianapolis Star on August 20, 1953– the day after Premier Mossadegh was overthrown in a coup planned and supported by the USA and Britain. Until the day #Iran is free, the tears keep rolling…
August 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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According to CIA man Kermit Roosevelt, after the Shah’s return to Iran after the 1953 coup, the monarch credited God, his people & army, and the USA. Yet for the record, the Shah conveyed this sentiment to another U.S. official first — in tears.
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Shah: “I owe my throne to God, my people, my Army—and to you!”
Did the Shah really say: “I owe my throne to God, my people, my Army—and to you!” to Kermit Roosevelt after the 1953 coup in Iran? Read on for a conclusive analysis by Arash Norouzi. The Mossadegh Pro...
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August 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Sen. Joe McCarthy’s tactics likened to Iranian terrorist group Feda’ian Islam, known for its political assassinations. “McCarthyism…is an excrescence on the body politic that has made political cowards of scores of onetime brave and useful Americans.”
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Our American Fidaiyan-Islam | The Anniston Star, Nov. 4, 1951
"You may say that this sort of thing, government by assassination, could not happen here in the United States..but you may be wrong." The Anniston Star (Alabama) on McCarthyism as terrorism, a la Ira...
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August 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Iranian American in Pennsylvania: Iran’s defiance of British colonialism demonstrates the nation’s “moral and spiritual strength” (1953 letter to the editor). #Iran #Pittsburgh #Tehran
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Are Iranians to Be Condemned For Resisting British Colonialism?
Letters to the editor responding to Richard Starnes' article. One is from an Iranian-American, who pushed back on the claim that Iranians are blindly anti-British and anti-American. The Pittsburgh Pr...
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August 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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In an atmosphere of heightened tension with the British, Iran drafted an Anti-Sabotage bill to prevent malicious tampering with the nationalized oil operations in Iran — punishable even by death. Britain, naturally, did not take this threat lightly…
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Iran's Anti-Sabotage Bill to Protect Abadan Oil Plant (1951)
The story of Iran's Anti-Sabotage Law to protect the nationalized oil industry in Abadan (former AIOC), the strong British reaction, and text of the bill in question. — June 1951. The Mossadegh Proje...
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July 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Dec. 1953: Putting an end to their “unhappy interlude”, Iran and Britain jointly announce the resumption of diplomatic relations after their split in 1952. Upset over oil nationalization, the British, in concert with the US, had helped depose Mossadegh.
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Joint Statement: Britain and Iran Resume Diplomatic Relations
Joint message issued by Iran and Britain on the resumption of diplomatic relations, written by Anthony Eden after communicating with Fazlollah Zahedi. — December 5, 1953. The Mossadegh Project | www....
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June 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, born today in 1882. “...for the first time in many years a Prime Minister is in power who has the confidence of the majority of Iranians...” — Estimate of the Political Strength of the Mosadeq Government (State Dept., May 1951) #Iran #Tehran
Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, born today in 1882. “...for the first time in many years a Prime Minister is in power who has the confidence of the majority of Iranians...” — Estimate of the Political Strength of the Mosadeq Government (State Dept., May 1951)
June 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Oct. 30, 1951: During his U.S. visit, Premier Mohammad Mossadegh laid a wreath at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. The United States was currently at war in Korea, which, along with Iran’s oil nationalization, topped the news at the time. #MemorialDay #Iran
Oct. 30, 1951: During his U.S. visit, Premier Mohammad Mossadegh laid a wreath at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. The United States was currently at war in Korea, which, along with Iran's oil nationalization, topped the news at the time.
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Letter to The Manchester Guardian from a British doctor who worked for AIOC (BP), confirming that Iranians were treated as “inferior” (Oct. 1951). Plus Labour politician Richard Stokes’ reply to this letter.
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British AIOC Employee: Iranians Justly Feel “Exploited” (1951)
Oct. 1951 letter to editor of The Manchester Guardian newspaper by former British employee of AIOC in Iran, claims Iranians justly feel exploited by Britain. Labour politican Richard Stokes replies. ...
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May 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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“The future of Persia is still clouded.” First commentary on the overthrow of Premier Mossadegh in The Guardian newspaper (England).
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Manchester Guardian Reacts To Iranian Coup (Aug. 20, 1953)
"Dr Musaddiq's triumph of the weekend has been short-lived. While the Shah was content to be his prisoner...it is doubtful if the various groups opposed to him would have coalesced sufficiently to br...
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May 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Sept. 1951: three Iranian legislators who opposed oil nationalization and Premier Mossadegh fled the country for Iraq.
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Iranian Legislators Take Refuge In Iraq | AP, Sept. 28, 1951
"The newspaper of the Iraqi National Front Party, Jabhaa Alshapiyah, said Thursday that three members of the House of Representatives of Iran had fled their country in British military vehicles and h...
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May 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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In his 1960 autobiography, former British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison said he wanted to take military action in Iran after “our oil wells” were nationalized.
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Herbert Morrison on Iran, Britain and the “Abadan Crisis” (1960)
In his 1960 autobiography, former British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison said he wanted to take military action in Iran during the “Abadan Crisis” over AIOC and oil.". The Mossadegh Project | www...
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May 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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First editorial response to the overthrow of Premier Mossadegh in The Daily Telegraph (London).
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Revolution In Persia | The Daily Telegraph, August 20, 1953
Two days ago nothing appeared more conclusive than Mossadeq's victory over his enemy, the Throne. The Shah's last card seemed to have played...". The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post (London, England...
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May 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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The New York Times’ military correspondent Hanson W. Baldwin on the background of the Anglo-Iranian oil dispute (May 1951).
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We Must Pour Peace on Iran's Troubled Oil | Hanson W. Baldwin
"The present Iranian situation has a long historical background. The Anglo-Iranian Oil which has exploited the oil of Iran, is under the direct control of the British government..." Hanson W. Baldwin...
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May 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadegh circa 1953, photographed by Lisa Larsen (1925-1959). #Iran
Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadegh circa 1953, photographed by Lisa Larsen (1925-1959).
April 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM