Mohammad Mosaddegh
Politician
1882 – 1967
Who was Mohammad Mosaddegh?
Mohammad Mosaddegh or Mosaddeq, was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until 1953, when his government was overthrown in a coup d'état orchestrated by the British MI6 and the American CIA.
An author, administrator, lawyer, prominent parliamentarian, his administration introduced a range of progressive social and political reforms such as social security, rent control, and land reforms. His government's most notable policy, however, was the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
Mosaddegh was removed from power in a coup on 19 August 1953, organised and carried out by the CIA at the request of MI6, which chose Iranian General Fazlollah Zahedi to succeed Mosaddegh.
While the coup is commonly referred to as Operation Ajax after its CIA cryptonym, in Iran it is referred to as the 28 Mordad 1332 coup, after its date on the Iranian calendar. Mosaddegh was imprisoned for three years, then put under house arrest until his death and was buried in his own home so as to prevent a political furor.
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- Born
- Jun 16, 1882
Tehran - Also known as
- Mosaddeq
- Prime Minister Mossadeq
- Mohammad Mosaddeq
- Parents
- Spouses
- Zahra Khanum
(1901 - 1965)
- Zahra Khanum
- Children
- Religion
- Islam
- Shia Islam
- Ethnicity
- Persian people
- Bakhtiari people
- Nationality
- Iran
- Profession
- Education
- Master's Degree, University of Neuchâtel
- University of Paris
- Lived in
- Tehran
- Died
- Mar 5, 1967
Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq
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on July 23, 2013
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