Mohammad Mosaddegh

Former Prime Minister of Iran (1882–1967)

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Lived 1882–1967, aged 85

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1882–1967
Aged 85

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Updated 2026-05-29

Iranian PM who nationalized oil and got ousted in a 1953 CIA-backed coup. Mosaddegh's two-year run (1951–53) became a flashpoint for Cold War meddling in the Middle East.

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Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian politician, author and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis. He was elected to the Iranian parliament in 1923 and served through a contentious 1952 election into the 17th Iranian Majlis, until his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état aided by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom (MI6) and the United States (CIA), led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr. As prime minister, he implemented policies that came to be known as Mosaddeghism.

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