The Mossadegh Project

In 1953, IRAN was a secular democracy... Guess who destroyed it?

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Implications of the New Soviet Approach To Iran (July 31, 1953)

"The recent Soviet offer to settle Iran's financial claims against the USSR and the frontier disputes, together with other diplomatic moves,

The Mossadegh Project

• U.S. State Department Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

• CIA Documents on Iran | 1950-1981

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Argentina May Sign Oil Agreement With Iran | CIA, June 29, 1952

"The Argentine Government is negotiating with Prime Minister Mossadeq for substantial quantities of oil. Reportedly no agreement on price ha

The Mossadegh Project

• U.S. State Department Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

• CIA Documents on Iran | 1950-1981

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Homage To Murder | Daily Worker (NYC), Nov. 15, 1954

"Last week, the Saturday Evening Post spread an advertising blurb [about CIA Chief Allen Dulles]...here's the story of his part in the overt

• Mossadegh media: newspaper & magazine articles, editorials

The Mossadegh Project

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The Iranian Accord | The New York Times, August 6, 1954

"There is good news indeed in the announcement of an agreement between Iran and a consortium of foreign oil companies to start up again the

• Mossadegh media: newspaper & magazine articles, editorials

The Mossadegh Project

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Tudeh Papers Review Successes, Peasant Resistance (CIA, 1951)

Articles in Communist newspapers on Tudeh successes in 1950, peasant resistance in its struggle with the ruling class, US-British imperialis

The Mossadegh Project

• U.S. State Department Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

• CIA Documents on Iran | 1950-1981

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Max Thornburg Schools CIA's Raymond Allen on Iran (Aug. 1952)

Max Thornburg's meeting with Dr. Raymond B. Allen of the CIA. He schools Allen on the facts of life in the Middle East, Iran's economic cris

The Mossadegh Project

• U.S. State Department Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

• CIA Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

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Multinational Petroleum Companies and Foreign Policy | U.S. Senate, 1974

George McGhee testifies before the Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, D

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Frightened Parliament | Terre Haute Tribune, March 2, 1953

"Iran, unfortunately, is one of the many nations with untried democratic wings and a complete lack of political balance. This is true of all

• Mossadegh media: newspaper & magazine articles, editorials

The Mossadegh Project

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For U.S. Success In Middle East We Need Levers Of Power There (1951)

"If the process of disintegration in the Middle East is to be halted before the Middle East goes the way of China, the United States must ga

• Syndicated newspaper columnists on Iran

• Mossadegh media: newspaper & magazine articles, editorials

The Mossadegh Project

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Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Approves Sending of Italian Oil Experts to Iran

"The Italian Foreign Office has informed the US Embassy in Rome that the local representative of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company...approved th

The Mossadegh Project

• U.S. State Department Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

• CIA Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

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Mossadegh and 1776 | Wilmington Morning News, Oct. 10, 1951

"When Premier Mossadegh of Iran arrived in New York he promptly appealed to the Spirit of '76. The shrewd old premier may believe that, but

“When Premier Mossadegh of Iran arrived in New York he promptly appealed to the Spirit of ‘76. The shrewd old premier may believe that, but we doubt that many Americans will.”

• Mossadegh media: newspaper & magazine articles, editorials

The Mossadegh Project

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Embassy Picketed: Protesters Here Hit Shah's Rule (DC, Oct. 1971)

"With their faces hidden by masks, some 100 persons yesterday protested with speeches, chants and slogans the regime of the Shah of Iran, wh

• Mossadegh media: newspaper & magazine articles, editorials

The Mossadegh Project

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Time for a New Iranian Policy? | Los Angeles Times, Aug. 13, 1952

"Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, who a few months ago secured a remarkable victory over the British government with his tears and protestations,

• Mossadegh media: newspaper & magazine articles, editorials

The Mossadegh Project

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US Company Offers 2,500 US Technicians To Iran To Operate Oil Industry

"The US Ambassador in Tehran reports that Lee-Factors Inc. of Los Angeles has written Iranian Prime Minister Mossadeq...to negotiate immedia

The Mossadegh Project

• U.S. State Department Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

• CIA Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

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Financial Need Increasing Pressure on Iranian Prime Minister (1951)

"The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) latest advance of funds to Iran (1 million pounds sterling) occurred on 31 March 1951...Suspension of

The Mossadegh Project

• U.S. State Department Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

• CIA Documents on Iran | 1951-1981

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It's Not the Loss of the Oil | Los Angeles Times, Oct. 4, 1951

"The news that the Russians seem to be getting ready to move in on the Iranian scene probably surprises nobody. The shadow of Russia in the

• Mossadegh media: newspaper & magazine articles, editorials

The Mossadegh Project

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Mossadegh, Strangest ‘Man of the Year’ | Jan. 4, 1952

"Time magazine has selected some strange “men of the year.” But the strangest of all, we submit, is Premier Mossadegh of Iran." The Oregon D

• Mossadegh media: newspaper & magazine articles, editorials

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