MNA 65 years ago, a CIA-backed coup toppled Mohammad Mosaddegh, Irans prime minister. The goal of the coup was to strengthen the Wests ally Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. On Aug. 16, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the creation of a new Iran Action Group to coordinate US policy toward the Islamic Republic in the wake of the US withdrawal ...
A year after the overthrow of Premier Mohammad Mossadegh the new Iranian government concluded its predecessor's negotiations with Britain over the Anglo - Iranian Oil Company (BP). The Dispute was finalized with the incorporation of an international oil consortium which reduced BP's share to 40%.
With a pro-Western Shah and the new pro-Western Prime ...
The preliminarynuclear agreementwith Iran, which has been long in the making, may succeed or fail. But only a cataclysmic war will prevent Iran from fulfilling its long-postponed destiny as a major economic, political and scientific nation.
Iran's Nuclear Program
Speaking at the United Nations in 1951, Irans first elected Prime Minister Mohammad ...
Iran marks the 63rd anniversary of the nationalization of its oil industry, which was a turning point in the countrys modern history.
On March 20, 1951, members of the Iranian parliament passed a bill introduced by then Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq on the nationalization of the oil industry.
Mosaddeq garnered the support of his nationalist ...
Britains brutal sanctions on Iran dates back to 1951 when the then Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh nationalized Irans oil industry which was at that time under full AIOC, now known as British Petroleums (BP), administration.
Britain, which for long have sought to get back what they deemed was rightfully theirs, sanctioned Iran economically ...
Iran celebrates the 62nd anniversary of the nationalization of its oil industry on March 20th. On this day in 1951, members of the Iranian parliament ratified a bill introduced by then Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossaddeq on the nationalization of the oil industry. Mossadeq had the support of his nationalist party and religious groups led by prominent ...