The need for real diplomacy with Iran
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1. Mohammed Mosaddeq — Served as the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953 when he was removed from power by a coup d’état. From an aristocratic background, Mosaddeq was passionately opposed to foreign intervention in Iran. He is most famous as the architect of the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control through the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), today known as British Petroleum (BP). Mosaddeq was removed from power on August 19, 1953, in a coup d’état, supported and funded by the British and U.S. governments and led by General Fazlollah Zahedi.
2. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, (October 26, 1919, Tehran – July 27, 1980, Cairo), styled His Imperial Majesty, and holding the imperial titles of Shahanshah (King of Kings), and Aryamehr (sun of the Aryans), was the monarch of Iran from September 16, 1941, until the Iranian Revolution on February 11, 1979. He was the second monarch of the Pahlavi House and the last Shah of the Iranian monarchy. 3. Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini — Seyyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, (September 24, 1902 – June 3, 1989) was an Iranian religious leader and scholar, politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (Persia). Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country’s Supreme Leader—the paramount political figure of the new Islamic Republic until his death. |
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