Articles from the Mossadegh Era
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This section lists TIME magazine coverage of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and Iran's protracted oil nationalization dispute with Britain. Mossadegh was on their cover twice, including being named 1951 Man of the Year.
In TIME's March 2, 1953 issue, a publisher's statement mentioned that their previous year's circulation reached over 1.7 million in the U.S. alone.
TIME's Man of the Year Article on Mossadegh Examined, 60 Years Later
1951
May 21, 1951 — IRAN: Down the Incline To Hell?
October 29, 1951 — MEDICINE: What Ails Mossadeq?
November 26, 1951 — IRAN: Empty Hands
December 17, 1951 — Another Round to Mossadegh
December 31, 1951 — IRAN: To Quit or Not To Quit
1952
February 18, 1952 — IRAN: Another Round
September 22, 1952 — OIL: Negotiations in Iran
December 1, 1952 — IRAN: Time of the Assassin
1953
January 19, 1953 — Mossadegh Loses Friends
August 17, 1953 — 99.93% Pure
August 31, 1953 — IRAN: The People Take Over
1954
July 12, 1954 — IRAN: Gift Horse
Related links:
International Herald Tribune Iran headlines, 1951-1954
"Mossadegh Plays With Fire" — New York Times editorial, August 15, 1953
Los Angeles Times Iran headlines, 1941-1953
MOSSADEGH t-shirts — "If I sit silently, I have sinned"
