29th of the Iranian month of Esfand corresponding with March 20 reminds a considerable event in Iran’s history: The Oil Nationalization Day.” It is a turning point in the history of Iranians’ struggle against the British colonial dominance over Iran’s oil. Iran’s oil was first exploited under the supervision of George Bernard Reynolds in […]
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Aftershocks Of Iran’s 1953 Coup Still Felt Around The World, 60 Years Later
Sixty years ago, on August 15, 1953, Iranian military officers backed by U.S. and British intelligence agencies initiated a coup d’etat whose aftershocks can still be felt around the globe. The coup toppled Iran’s first democratically elected government and its popular prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and is widely credited with fueling the hostility against […]