Mossadegh Media Archive
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TIME magazine Media coverage of Mohammad Mossadegh and Iran's protracted oil nationalization dispute with Britain.

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The Associated Press (AP)

April 28, 1951 — Mossadegh Urged As New Premier By Iranian House

April 30, 1951 — Mossadegh Takes Over as New Iranian Premier

October 22, 1951 — Mossadegh Cites Quest of Liberty

October 22, 1951 — Profits Not Motive, Says Mossadegh

April 25, 1952 — U.S. Is Reported Ready to Resume Arms Aid to Iran

May 18, 1952 — Big Iran Paper Hits Mossadegh

September 9, 1954 — Oil Pact Insults Iran, Mossadegh Says in Jail


United Press International (UPI)

August 18, 1953 — Reds Shout Demands For Soviet Rule

August 19, 1953 — Fatemi's Brother Suffers Attack

August 5, 1954 — Days of Glory Appear at End For Mossadegh

October 29, 1957 — 70 Mossadegh Backers Seized


The Los Angeles Times

December 5, 2007 — Prayer rugs, Persian cats and the L.A. Times


The New York Times

March 22, 1953 — Mossadegh: No Again

August 15, 1953 — Mossadegh Plays With Fire

February 24, 2006 — Will Fight For Oil


The Palm Beach Post

August 19, 1953 — Weakling 'Strong Man'


The Washington Post

August 18, 2010 — Clerics responsible for Iran's failed attempts at democracy


The Wall Street Journal

August 21, 1953 — Lessons From Iran


The International Herald-Tribune

Iran headlines 1951-1954


The Binghamton Press (Binghamton, NY)

October 18, 1952 — Iran's Break With Britain


The Brooklyn Eagle (Brooklyn, NY)

September 12, 1951 — Iran Premier's Stubbornness Brings Crisis

March 2, 1953 — Mossadegh's Reckless Game Rules Him Out


The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, NY)

March 27, 1953 — Time Favors Mossadegh on Oil


The Kingston Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY)

November 12, 1952 — Editorial


The Shenectady Gazette (Shenectady, NY)

January 2, 1952 — Man of the Year


The Utica Observer-Dispatch (Utica, NY)

November 2, 1954 — Price of 'Gas' Involved






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