Mohammed Mossadegh

Standard Name: Mossadegh, Mohammed

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2 May 1951

Iran (formerly Persia) nationalized its oil industry, which was still in foreign (mostly British) hands.

Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.

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Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.

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Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.

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1953

Mohammed Mossadegh , nationalist prime minister of Iran, was ousted by British and (mostly) US influence; this ensured another twenty-five years' rule for the pro-western Shah, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi .

Johnson, Chalmers. “Abolish the CIA!”. London Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2004, pp. 25-8.

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