Middle East Quarterly (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The Western picture of Iran is of authoritarianism with clerical rule following centuries of shahs—punctuated by Mohammed Mossadegh, an eccentric, 1950s prime minister supported by pro-Soviet forces. Azimi, a history professor at the University of
Blogcritics: Politics (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
In 1951, Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh was elected Prime Minister of Iran, his main campaign promise being the nationalization of the country’s oil fields, which were owned by British Petroleum. The bill would pass unanimously in the Iranian Parliament, which would change Iran’s path forever. BP, despite being offered a reasonable buyout, did not wish to relinquish the oil fields, so the British...
The Rag Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
During Iranian street demonstrations this summer a protester displays a photo of Mohammed Mossadegh, deposed by the Americans and the British in 1953 and replaced with the much-hated Shah Reza Pahlavi. Photo posted on Daily Kos, June 19, 2009. Who is the existential threat'Israel and Iran: Countdown to tragedyBy Steve Weissman / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2009The countdown to open conflict...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
US Gives Approval for Iran's Nuclear Power Plants'The foundations for Iran's nuclear program were laid after a 1953, CIA-supported coup deposed democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and brought Shah (King) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to power.[33]A civil nuclear co-operation program was established under the U.S. Atoms for Peace program. In 1967, the Tehran Nuclear Research...
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The foundations for Iran's nuclear program were laid after a 1953, CIA-supported coup deposed democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and brought Shah (King) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to power.[33] A civil nuclear co-operation program was established under the U.S. Atoms for Peace program. In 1967, the Tehran Nuclear Research Center (TNRC) was established, run by the Atomic...
Dinocrat (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... support. He is still apologizing for the overthrow by the C.I.A. of Iran’s prime minister, Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, in 1953. That was 56 years ago, for God’s sake. Peretz also talked about Russia and Obama a little while ago . He seems quite worried about the performance and mental make-up of this President of ours.
American Thinker (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... and "tolerance.") He then apologized for American involvement in a coup against Iranian socialist Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953 (a brilliant masterstroke of American foreign policy that kept both the Soviets and the U.S. out of Iran for 26 years), yet stood idly by while the Iranian theocrats rigged their own election this summer. It's now evident that Obama will not prevent the Islamic...
