Mohammad Mosaddegh
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The moral aspect of oil nationalization is more important than its economic aspect.
Mohammad Mosaddegh
Former Prime Minister of Iran (1882–1967)
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Lived 1882–1967, aged 85
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Iran's prime minister who nationalised the country's oil industry in 1951, pulling it from British control — then watched MI6 and the CIA engineer his removal two years later in a coup Washington didn't officially admit to until 2013.
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Mohammad Mosaddegh was elected to Iran's parliament in 1923 and became prime minister in 1951, backed by the 16th Majlis. His government introduced land reforms, social security, and higher taxes on rent, but the collision came over oil: he nationalised an industry the British had built and controlled since 1913 through what became BP, triggering the Abadan Crisis. In 1953, intelligence agencies from the UK and US, led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr., orchestrated his overthrow — a coup involving paid protesters and bribed officials. Mosaddegh was tried for treason, imprisoned for three years, then he…
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