Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh (1882-1967) was a lawyer, professor, author,
Governor, Parliament member, Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and democratically elected
Prime Minister of Iran.
Mossadegh fought both internal corruption and foreign interference, enacted social
reforms and nationalized the Iranian oil industry.
In 1953, he was overthrown by a British-American coup, arrested and tried as a traitor in
military tribunal court. It was the CIA's first successful dismantling of a foreign government,
and Iran has not known democracy since.
“There is no better way to govern Iran than democracy and social justice!” — Mohammad Mossadegh
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“It’s a sad story that really began in the 1950’s...”
— President Bill Clinton
“Why did we, our government, help overthrow Mossadegh in 1953? It had to do with oil. So our foreign policy is designed to protect our oil interests.”
— Congressman Ron Paul
“Lord knows what we’d do without Iranian oil.”
— President Dwight D. Eisenhower
“In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government.”
— President Barack Obama
“Many of our covert moves [during the Cold War], such as the Bay of Pigs and the overthrow of Mossadeq in Iran, were ill conceived and cost us dearly.”
— Former U.S. diplomat George C. McGhee
“[T]hat was a disruption of what could have and should’ve been a natural development of democracy with Iran...”
— Hillary Clinton
“Iran had a democratic government which was overthrown because of oil.”
— Congressman Dennis Kucinich
“Iran is a clear example of the West trumping basic democratic and human values to address its short-term political and economic goals.”
- Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
“That’s ancient history...”
— President Jimmy Carter
A Tragic Continuum: 1953 Coup to 2009 Green Movement
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Robert Reich: Leading the Anti-Trump Resistance
The Korean War Makes No Sense | Robert C. Ruark (1951)
Dr. Mossadegh Smeared As Nazi / Hitler-Like Figure
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CIA: Zahedi In “Dream World”, Needs “Firm Realistic Guidance”
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Tehran, Iran Labeled “The Craziest City in the World” (1951)
Saudi Arabia / Iran Question Stupefies the State Dept.’s Stuart Jones
Jawaharlal Nehru | An Appreciation by Bruce Barton (1950)
Highlights of the Mossadeq Trial | CIA Memo (Nov. 1953)
MOSSADEGH...My Childhood Memory | Ebrahim Norouzi
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Remembering Dr. Saeid Fatemi (1927-2017)
Mossadegh Slept Here: the Walter Reed Hospital connection
Jill Stein Blasts U.S. Foreign Policy, 1953 Coup in Iran
Hillary Clinton: U.S. Regrets Role In 1953 Coup in Iran
The Shah of Iran’s Shocking Views on Women Revealed
In Tribute, Indian Writer Hails Dr. Mossadegh “Hero of the East” (1954)
Vindictive, Racist Journalist Lauds Hossein Fatemi’s Execution (1954)
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10 Better Queen Songs For Donald Trump Than We Are the Champions
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An Australian paper’s bizarre plagiarism of Mossadegh column
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s efforts to free Iran hostages
Iran Severs Diplomatic Relations With Britain (Oct. 1952)
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Cuba’s Fidel Castro Slams U.S. Imperialism, Cites 1953 Coup In Iran
Is War “Christian”? — An Insider’s Perspective on God & War (1951)
Iranian Students in USA Hold Vigil For Dr. Mossadegh (1967)
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Martin O’Malley: Imagine If Iran Had Continued On A Democratic Path
The Truth Behind Those "Unseen" Iran 1953 Coup Photos
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The Tyranny of Words — Bruce Barton on Aggression (1951)
State of Health of Former Prime Minister Mossadeq (1967 memo)
CIA Director John Brennan’s Hacked Emails Admit 1953 Iran Coup
Proud Brit Hails Iran Oil Deal As English Victory (1954)
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn on Iran and British History
The Capture of Radio Tehran | August 19, 1953 (AUDIO)
Interviews With Mossadegh Associates in Ahmadabad | (VIDEO)
Iran “Saved for the West”, Wrote Louisiana Paper After 1953 Coup
National Review Quietly Edits Embarrassing Iran Blunder
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When Black Lives Matter, Iran’s Anti-US Propaganda Suffers
VIDEO: Musical Persecution on MTV | Rebel Music | IRAN
The CIA on Twitter: A One Year Retrospective by Arash Norouzi
The Shah / U.S. “Human Rights” Paradox Decoded Through Satire (1977)
White House Responds To Question of Apology For 1953 Coup
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Essential Background on US - Iran Negotiations
(VIDEO) The First Oil Crisis, BBC Program on Abadan
Former Israeli Official: Iran Is Not An Existential Threat
President Barack Obama on the 1953 Coup in Iran
VIDEO: New Zealand MP Reminds Parliament of Mossadegh
Canadian paper on Mossadegh: “A man who deserves no pity”
SENTENCED TO HANG: Mossadegh’s Contrived Death Verdict
If You Want Trouble, There’s Plenty in the Middle East (1952)
McKinley Sims: West preaches freedom selectively (1951)
Tofigh: Iran’s Premier Humor Publication For Nearly 50 Years
CHARLIE HEBDO cartoons on Iran, the Shah and Mad Mullahs
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Cassandra Compares Cuba’s Fidel Castro to Mossadegh (1960)
Racial Innuendo in 1952 Editorial CUTE ORIENTAL TRICK
Oil, Shakespeare Country & the Ethics of Foreign Concessions
CNN’s Anthony Bourdain Left Certain Parts Unknown in Iran
Edinburgh University Students Honor Mossadegh (1951)
Sacco and Vanzetti Cited Re: Mossadegh’s Fate
1962 Memo Reveals U.S. Feared Shah’s Fall
"Will We Wish We’d Saved Iran From Stalin?" (Sept. 1951)
Ebrahim Golestan’s Eyewitness Account of 1953 Coup
After AJAX, CIA Commendations Planned for 1953 Coup
THE FOLLY OF COUP-DENIAL | by Arash Norouzi
"Mossadegh the Actor" — A Theatrical Leader on the World Stage
CIA Director Allen Dulles Praised TP-AJAX As a “Major Victory”
Operation Ajax Was Always An Open Secret | A Timeline
Prof. Ervand Abrahamian: 1953 Coup in Iran About Control
TIME’s 1951 “Man of the Year” Article Examined
Chalmers Johnson on Iran, U.S. Imperialism & “Blowback”
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Saudi Ambassador to UN Slams CIA “Terrorism”, “Mischief”
“WIPED OFF THE MAP” — The Rumor of the Century
Tweets by @mossadegh
The U.S.-Britain Alliance To Erase Mossadegh Was Not Inevitable | by Arash Norouzi
British Proposal to Organize a Coup d’état in Iran (1952)
1954: British Amb. Bewails U.S. Ascendancy in the Middle East
Filler: How Newspaper Layouts Squeezed Every Last Inch
The Communist Danger in Persia | Oct. 1952 British Report
Presenting the Mossadegh Sculpture by Alireza Asanloo
NPR’s 1953 Coup In Iran Retrospective (AUDIO)
Demand for Iranian flags to burn spikes in U.S. (Nov. 1979)
Muslim Brotherhood: Anwar Sadat Rescues the Ailing Shah
1953: Oil Struck In Western Australia’s Rough Range
Dariush & Parvaneh Forouhar Rembered, 20 Yrs After Murder
One Man’s Opinion: Radio/TV Figure Walter Kiernan on Iran
The 1953 Coup in Iran Was An Act of War | by Arash Norouzi
Charles Krauthammer on the 1953 Coup In Iran (VIDEO)
Is It Too Late to Introduce New Note in Diplomacy? (1951)
Gen. Bai Chongxi's Telegram To Premier Mossadegh (1951)
1961: Gen. Hossein Azemoudeh Opposes Amini, Is Arrested
Franco-American Relations in the Cold War | Oct. 1953 column
The Iran Nuclear Deal | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
John Bolton: 1953 Coup Was Justified, Now Let’s Bomb Iran
LOST IN IRAQ: The Shah’s Baghdad Sojourn | Aug. 17, 1953
Ayatollah Kashani’s Threat to Mossadegh | CIA, Sept. 1952
Shah Demands More U.S. Aid To Preserve World Peace (1956)
Shah Of Iran Spells Good News For United States (1967)
Robert Reich on U.S. Foreign Policy + Predatory Capitalism
NFL’s “Dirtiest” Player Conrad Dobler and American Politics
CIA Drafts Proposed Official Statement for After 1953 Coup
Perpetually In Favor of War | by Republican Bruce Barton (1951)
The Korean War Makes No Sense | Robert C. Ruark (1951)
1953: CIA Awaits Mossadegh’s Referendum To Dissolve Majles
►Premier Mossadegh Smeared As Nazi / Hitler-Like Figure
►Rise Of A Dictator | The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 1953
CIA Weighs Options After Ali Razmara’s 1951 Assassination
CIA: Zahedi In “Dream World”, Needs “Firm Realistic Guidance”
►CIA: Campaign To Install Pro-Western Government In Iran
►A Study of Electoral Methods in Iran | CIA Report, Nov. 1953
►Zahedi & Churchill’s Secret Messages After 1953 Coup
“U.S. does not interfere in Iranian internal affairs” (1952)
At First, the U.S. Was Optimistic About New Premier Mossadegh
Tehran Labeled “The Craziest City in the World” (1951)
Saudi Arabia / Iran Question Stupefies State Dept. Official
Jawaharlal Nehru of India | A Great World Citizen (1950)
Highlights of the Mossadeq Trial | CIA Memo (Nov. 1953)
Congressman’s 1952 Speech In Support of Korean War Vets
►Mossadegh’s Great Escape From Tehran To Bogota (1953)
►Authoritarianism 101: Study “The Crisis Technique” (1951)
►Remembering Dr. Saeid Fatemi (1927-2017)
►Mossadegh Slept Here: The Walter Reed Hospital Nexus
►Jill Stein Blasts U.S. Foreign Policy, 1953 Coup In Iran
►Hillary Clinton: U.S. Regrets Role In 1953 Coup In Iran
►If I Sit Silently, I Have Sinned: A Guiding Principle
Inferior? The Shah’s Shocking Views on Women Revealed
Indian Supporter’s High Praise For Dr. Mossadegh (1954)
U.S. Journalist Lauds Hossein Fatemi’s Execution (Nov. 1954)
►Top 10 Suggested Queen Songs For Donald Trump
►Rare CIA Propaganda Depicts Mossadegh As Mad Dictator
The Importance of Being Tearful (Australian Editorial)
►Muhammad Ali’s efforts to free Iran hostages (1979-2015)
►Iran Severs Diplomatic Relations With Britain (1952)
►British Humorist’s Demeaning Mockery of Mossadegh (1951)
►THE WRATH OF GOD (1951) | A Christian Perspective on War
►Iranian Students in U.S. Hold Vigil For Dr. Mossadegh (1967)
►Young Bernie Sanders in 1974: Abolish the CIA (MUST READ)
Martin O’Malley: Imagine If Iran Had Continued Democratic Path
► The Truth Behind Those "Unseen" Iran 1953 Photos
Jesus Politics & the Golden Rule | Prayer of the Ancient Lapp
Conspiracy Theory: Failed First Coup Attempt Linked to Russia
Bruce Barton on Aggression in “The Tyranny of Words” (1951)
British Journalist Jon Snow: An “Unapologetic Iranophile”
1967 Memo on Mossadegh’s Health From U.S. Embassy
CIA Director John Brennan’s Hacked Emails Admit 1953 Coup
Proud Brit Hails Iran Oil Deal As English Victory (1954 Letter)
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn on Iran and British History
“Highest Compliment” — Who Wrote This Nervy Iran Letter?
Mossadegh, Another Viewpoint | Film by Hoda Saber (VIDEO)
►National Review Quietly Edits Embarrassing Iran Blunder
►Sen. Bernie Sanders Takes on Iran, Mideast, US Foreign Policy
►When Black Lives Matter, Iran Loses Propaganda Points
►The CIA on Twitter: One Year Retrospective of Useless Tweets
The White House Responds to Question of Apology for Coup
VIDEO: Mossadegh Recalled in New Zealand Parliament by MP
► SENTENCED TO HANG: Mossadegh’s Media-Contrived Death Verdict (MUST READ)
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Creating A Monster: Iran’s Frankenstein | July 17, 1951
► ORIGINAL SIN: The 1953 Coup in Iran Clarified | by Arash Norouzi (Answer to Ray Takeyh)
Oil, Shakespeare Country and Ethics of Foreign Concessions
► CNN’s Anthony Bourdain Left Certain Parts Unknown in Iran
Sacco & Vanzetti Invoked in "Mossadegh Will Live" (1953)
"Will We Wish We’d Saved Iran From Stalin?" (Sept. 1951)
Revealed: CIA Commendations Proposed After 1953 Coup
Cabbage throwing in Tehran | Humorist Ollie Crawford
THE FOLLY OF COUP-DENIAL | by Arash Norouzi ◄◄◄◄◄◄
Even Neocon Middle East Expert Fouad Ajami (1945-2014) Never Excused the 1953 Coup
Slandering Mossadegh With Impunity: Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Columnist / CIA Spook Stewart Alsop Suggests U.S. “Choose” Shah Over Mossadegh (1951)
Rachel Maddow Squanders Chance To Explain 1953 Coup
US State Dept. Spokesman Alan Eyre Honors "National Hero" and "Patriot" Mossadegh
Elvis Presley “Can’t Sing”, Mossadegh “Red-Backed”, Wrote Iowa Newspaper in 1956
1951: A Londoner Blasts British Imperialism In Black Paper
One Year in Tehran: Kentucky Professor Witnesses 1953 Coup
Iranian-American College Student Explains Iran’s Freedom Struggle (Nov. 1968)
An American Eyewitness to 1953 Coup In Iran Tells Her Story
Tracing Columnist Marquis Childs’ Views on Iran: 1951-1979
Operation Ajax Was Always An Open Secret — A Timeline
Remembering the victims of Iran Air Flight 655 — 25 yrs later
U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker Critiques Iran Sanctions Policy
Mossadegh on Monarchy: "Shah Should Reign and Not Rule"
The Patriot Behind Tehran’s Famed Shamshiri Restaurant
1956: U.S. Foreign Intervention "Un-American", Says Columnist
CIA and Iran: The Miseducation of Argo Hero Tony Mendez
Shapoor Reporter: Portrait of an Iranian Traitor (MUST READ)
Did Mossadegh Carry a Gun to Protect From Death Threats?
(MUST READ) Overlooked CIA Assessment of 1st Coup Attempt
Israeli Intelligence Vet. Efraim Halevy’s Atypical Views on Iran
Mitt Romney Spars with Obama on Iran - Israel Foreign Policy
Hugo Chavez on Imperialism in Venezuela and Iran (VIDEO)
RARE! Kermit Roosevelt on the Shah’s Rise and Fall — July 1980
August 16, 1953: CIA Compels Shah to Dismiss Mossadegh
Christopher de Bellaigue Talks Mossadegh, 1953 Coup in Iran
1953: Columnist Fulton Lewis, Jr. Suspects U.S. "Cloak-and-Dagger" Role in Iran Coup
VIDEO: New 2012 BBC Persian documentary on Dr. Mossadegh
Mossadegh’s Norouz Message to the Nation — March 19, 1953
Tofigh, Iran’s Premier Humor Publication for over 50 Years
TIME’s "Man of the Year" Cover Story Examined, 60 Years Later
Experts Find Mossadegh Among Top Six Most Influential Iranians in History
WRITTEN IN STONE: What Martin Luther King Didn’t Say
Indecent Proposals, 1951: Oil, Iran, and the Anglo-American Art of Non-Negotiation
Louis Farrakhan’s Hypocrisy: Praising Iran & Gaddafi in Libya
► The Eisenhower - Mossadegh Cables: Complete Messages
Ambassador Henry Byroade on Iran, Meeting Dr. Mossadegh
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas: Mossadegh’s Biggest Admirer in the USA
Lessons From Iran - Wall Street Journal Slander from 1953
CIA: Prospects For Survival of Mossadeq Regime In Iran -1952
Iran’s Decade of Assassinations: 1946-1955 (MUST READ)
"Blowback" in Philippines Massacre — CNN’s Maria Ressa
Chalmers Johnson (1953-2010): 1953 Coup "Blatantly Illegal"
Jon Stewart on Iran’s Election Protests, Green Movement
Iran-Israel Relations Since 1947 and Jews in Ancient Persia
We Correct Ray Takeyh’s Iran Revisionism in Washington Post
Mossadegh’s Final Hours as Prime Minister (August 1953)
Shirin Ebadi on the Green Movement, One Year Later
BP’s Sordid History: from 1953 Coup to 2010 Oil Spill
Fred Halliday (1946-2010) on Iran’s "Counter-revolution"
The Dulles Brothers: Wreaking Havoc in Iran & Guatemala
Mideast Oil of "Tremendous" Importance to U.S. - Wilkins
Response to Abbas Milani’s The Great Satan Myth
"Student Day" Protests in Iran December 7th
Neda Agha Soltan: A Death in Tehran (VIDEO)
Senator John Kerry: Iran For Iranians, Not America
Dennis Kucinich: We Crushed Iranian Democacy
AUGUST 19, 1953: The Day That Democracy Died in Iran
'30 Tir' Anniversary Protest of Islamic Regime - 7/21/09
Joe Biden’s Green Light to Israel Endangers Us All
VIDEO: Obama’s Speech to the Muslim World in Cairo
Israel’s Threats Prompt 9th UN Complaint by Iran
IRAN to OBAMA: Show Us the Change (Exclusive Speech)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: His Anti-American Rants
Flashback: Yom Kippur War, Iran and 'CIA Terrorism'
A Chicago Rabbi’s Sermon on Understanding Iran
VIDEO: John Bolton Defends 1953 Coup Atrocity
"Time To Talk With Iran" Capitol Hill Event [VIDEO]
President Jimmy Carter: 1953 Coup in Iran “Ancient History”
Experts Agree: IRAN is Not IRAQ [by Arash Norouzi]
Guess who’s been CAUGHT RED-HANDED . . .
"WIPED OFF THE MAP" — The Rumor of the Century
