The Iranian parliament has approved a bill calling on the government to take legal action against the United States for its role in the 1953 coup in Tehran. The bill, passed on August 27, calls for “political and legal investigation” into the coup that toppled Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. Iranian news […]
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Patriot of Persia: Interview with Christopher de Bellaigue
Only the pen of a Macaulay or the brush of a Vereshchagin could adequately portray the rapidly shifting scenes attending the downfall of this ancient nation,-scenes in which two powerful and presumably enlightened Christian countries played fast and loose with truth, honor, decency and law, one, at least, hesitating not even at the most […]
Mohammad Mossadegh : “There is no better way to govern Iran than democracy and social justice!”
Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh محمد مصدق was a lawyer, professor, author, Governor, Parliament member, Finance Minister, Defense Minister, and democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran.
Shirin Ebadi on Mossadegh: Eternal Adoration
Judge Shirin Ebadi was one of the first women judges in Iran, but after the Islamic Revolution which she initially supported, the government forced her to relinquish her position on the basis of her gender. She began a human rights law practice and was later jailed for defending victims of the Islamic Republic’s brutality. […]
Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh
“I put my trust in the support of the Iranian people. That is all.” – Dr. Mossadegh Mohammad Mossadegh was born June 16, 1882 in Tehran. His father, Mirza Hedayat Ashtiani, was Iran’s Minister of Finance, and his mother, Najm al-Saltaneh, was closely related to the ruling Qajar dynasty. At age 10 his father […]