National petroleum; from beginning to end
SHANA — Born in 1908, Iran’s petroleum industry went through ups and downs during the first four decades of its life. Throughout…
Tag Archives: Mohammad Mosadeq
1953 US-led coup in Iran father of all color revolutions: Historian
Press TV has interviewed Webster Griffin Tarpley, an author and historian, and Richard Weitz, an expert at Wikistrat, both in Washington, to…
US blocks release of study on CIA-backed coup in Iran
The US State Department has blocked the publication of a documentary history of the CIA-backed overthrow of former Iranian prime minister Mohammad…
Aug. 19 marks anniv. of CIA’s 1953 coup in Iran
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – US and UK intelligence agencies had hatched a coup d’état in 1953 to topple Iran’s first democratically-elected…
Official elaborates on Iran’s new oil contract model: Paradise opens its doors
TEHRAN (FNA)- Mehdi Hosseini, director of the Iranian Oil Ministry-appointed committee tasked with revising oil contracts to make them more attractive, elaborates…
US-Iran relations: A brief guide
From the CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Iran’s prime minister in 1953 to Friday’s phone call between Presidents Obama and Rouhani, BBC News looks…
Parliament asks president to take action on law regarding 1953 coup
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian parliament speaker communicated a recently-approved bill to ask the government to take the necessary measures to file a…
Majlis approves bill on suing US over 1953 coup in Iran
Iran’s Majlis has approved the provisions of a bill that obliges the Iranian administration to assess and follow up ways of suing…
US opposes independent governments globally: Analyst
The US adopts antagonistic policies towards sovereign governments as it merely favors interaction with submissive ruling systems across the world, a political…
Photos: House of democratically-elected Iran’s PM Mohammad Mosadeq
Pictures below show home of democratically-elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosadeq who was overthrown in 1953 coup. By Fararu
US engineered 1953 coup to control Iran oil: Analyst
A political analyst says the United States fomented the 1953 coup against Iran’s then democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq in an…
US files on 1953 coup, tip of iceberg: Iran analyst
A political commentator says the CIA acknowledgement of its role in the 1953 coup against the democratically-elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq…
Report: British diplomats tried to suppress details of MI6 role in Iran coup
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – British diplomats tried to convince their US counterparts to suppress “very embarrassing” details of MI6’s role in the 1953…
Spokesman asks US to release documents on CIA role in 1953 Iran coup
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Tuesday called on the US Intelligence Agency (CIA) to release all its documents on the role it played…
Britain’s Secret Service Bureau; foundation, changes, sabotage activities
The UK spying agencies, the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) were founded in October 1909 as…
Iran’s lawmakers denounce 1953 UK-, US-led coup
Iranian lawmakers have slammed the “shameful and inhumane” 1953 coup against the government of then Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosadeq by the…
CIA admits role in Iran 1953 coup against democratically-elected Mosadeq
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has published a document that for the first time confirms Washington’s role in the 1953 coup…