Mohammed Mossadegh
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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Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian politician, lawyer, and author who served as prime minister from 1951 to 1953, during which he developed policies known as Mosaddeghism. His government was overthrown in a 1953 coup orchestrated by the British and American intelligence agencies, making him a significant but controversial figure in modern Iranian history.
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- 1882-06-16
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1882 births1967 deaths20th-century Iranian peopleCommanders-in-chief of IranDefence ministers of IranDemocrat Party (Persia) politiciansDeputies of Tehran for National Consultative AssemblyFinance ministers of IranIranian anti-communistsIranian anti-imperialistsIranian critics of religionsIranian democracy activists