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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 Kingd…
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politics · Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953 · politician · diplomat · writer · also Mohammad Mosaddegh, Mosaddegh
Born 19 May 1882 · Died 5 March 1967 · Q123037
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Mohammad Mosaddegh's speech, December 1952
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“The verdict of this court has increased my historical glories. I am extremely grateful you convicted me. Truly tonight the Iranian nation understood the meaning of constitutionalism.”
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“in the present situation, the struggle started by the Iranian people cannot be brought to a victorious conclusion.”
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Harper's Magazine: Mohammad Mosaddegh
Revealed that—after the Shah had fled to Italy—CIA headquarters believed the coup to have failed
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During the presidency of Barack Obama, the United States government formally acknowledged its role in the coup as being a part of its foreign policy initiatives, including paying protesters and bribing officials
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The New York Times partially published a leaked CIA document titled Clandestine Service History – Overthrow of Premier Mosaddegh of Iran – November 1952 – August 1953
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While en route between Mashhad and Tehran
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Died 1967-03-05.
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And, after ulcers in his stomach started bleeding, his condition was so bad that he was taken to Najmieh Hospital, where he died the same night
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And undergone cancer-treatment at Mehr hospital in Tehran in the form of radiation-therapy
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Iran (1952–1953).
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Mosaddegh passed the Land Reform Act, which forced landlords to pay a 20% tax on their revenue, half of which was placed in a development fund, while the rest went to the sharecropping tenants
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Iran (1951–1952).
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“the petroleum industry has contributed nothing to well-being of the people or to the technological progress or industrial development of my country.”
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Career landmark: Member of the National Consultative Assembly (1950–1951).
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Mosaddegh once again announced retirement, after an electoral-reform bill he had proposed failed to pass through Majlis
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Mosaddegh was once again elected to parliament
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Reza Shah Pahlavi was forced by the British to abdicate in favour of his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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The supporters of Reza Khan in the Majlis proposed legislation to dissolve the Qajar dynasty and appoint Reza Khan the new Shah
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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 Unit
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Career landmark: Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran (1923–1923).
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Career landmark: Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance (1921–1922).
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Was appointed finance minister, in the government of Ahmad Qavam (Qavam os-Saltaneh)
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Career landmark: Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran (1921–1921).
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The British government had purchased 51% of its shares and become the majority shareholder
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Mosaddegh pursued education abroad in Paris, France, where he studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)
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Mosaddegh married Zahra Emami (1879–1965), a granddaughter of Naser al-Din Shah through her mother Zi'a es-Saltaneh
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Of cholera, his uncle was appointed the tax collector of the Khorasan province and was bestowed with the title of Mosaddegh-ol-Saltaneh by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
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Born 1882-05-19.
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