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{{Infobox Prime Minister
|name = Mohammad Mossadegh
|name = Mohammad Mossadegh
|image = Mossadeghmohammad.jpg
|image = Mossadeghmohammad.jpg
'''Mohammad Mosaddegh''' was an [[Iran]]ian [[politician]]. He was elected [[Prime Minister]] of [[Iran]] from 1951 until 1953. He was also an [[author]], [[administrator]], [[lawyer]], and [[parliament]]arian.
'''Mohammad Mosaddegh''' was an [[Iran]]ian [[politician]]. He was elected [[Prime Minister]] of [[Iran]] from 1951 until 1953. He was also an [[author]], [[administrator]], [[lawyer]], and [[parliament]]arian.
On 19 August 1953 Mosaddegh was removed from office by the [[United States|American]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA)<ref>{{cite web|title=CIA finally admits it masterminded Iran’s 1953 coup|url=https://www.rt.com/usa/iran-coup-cia-operation-647/|access-date=8 September 2016|date=19 August 2013}}</ref> and [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s [[MI6]]. This was called [[Iranian coup d'etat (1953)|Operation Ajax]] in the West. In Iran it is called the ''28 Mordad 1332'' [[1953 Iranian coup d'état|coup]] <small>("Mordad" is the Persian name for a summery month and the coup day was a Wednesday on 19 August 1953)</small>. The change in power was one reason for the [[Iranian Revolution]] in 1979.
On 19 August 1953, Mosaddegh was removed from office by the [[United States|American]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA)<ref>{{cite web|title=CIA finally admits it masterminded Iran's 1953 coup|url=https://www.rt.com/usa/iran-coup-cia-operation-647/|access-date=8 September 2016|date=19 August 2013}}</ref> and [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s [[MI6]]. This was called [[Iranian coup d'etat (1953)|Operation Ajax]] in the West. In Iran it is called the ''28 Mordad 1332'' [[1953 Iranian coup d'état|coup]] <small>("Mordad" is the Persian name for a summery month and the coup day was a Wednesday on 19 August 1953)</small>. The change in power was one reason for the [[Iranian Revolution]] in 1979.
Mosaddegh was named [[Time Person of the Year|man of the year]] in 1951 by [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine. He remains one of the most popular people in Iranian history.<ref>{{cite web|title=49th Death Anniversary of Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh|url=http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/47th-Death-Anniversary-of-Mohammad-Mosaddegh.htm|publisher=Iran Review|access-date=8 September 2016|date=2 March 2016|archive-date=14 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714021832/http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/47th-Death-Anniversary-of-Mohammad-Mosaddegh.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Mosaddegh was named [[Time Person of the Year|man of the year]] in 1951, by [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine. He remains one of the most popular people in Iranian history.<ref>{{cite web|title=49th Death Anniversary of Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh|url=http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/47th-Death-Anniversary-of-Mohammad-Mosaddegh.htm|publisher=Iran Review|access-date=8 September 2016|date=2 March 2016|archive-date=14 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714021832/http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/47th-Death-Anniversary-of-Mohammad-Mosaddegh.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Mohammad Mosaddegh Media ==
== Mohammad Mosaddegh Media ==
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File:Farmanfarma1.jpg|Mosaddegh's uncle Abdolhossein Mirza Farmanfarma and mother Princess Malek Taj Najm-es-Saltaneh
File:Farmanfarma1.jpg|Mosaddegh's uncle [[Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma|Abdol-hossein Mirza Farman farma]] and mother Princess [[Najm al-Saltaneh|Malek Taj Najm-al-Saltaneh]]
File:Mossadegh childhood.jpg|کودکی محمد مصدق
File:Mossadegh childhood.jpg|کودکی محمد مصدق
File:Prime Minister Mossadegh of Iran at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of WWI.jpg|Mosaddegh at the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington)|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, 1951
File:Prime Minister Mossadegh of Iran at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of WWI.jpg|Mosaddegh at the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington)|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, 1951
File:Shaban jafari.jpg|Tehran strongman [[Shaban Jafari]] played a major role in Mossadegh's overthrow.
File:Shaban jafari.jpg|Tehran strongman [[Shaban Jafari]] played a major role in Mosaddegh's overthrow.
File:Dr. Mossadegh and Hossein Towfigh.jpg|[[Hossein Towfigh]] (far right) Editor-in-Chief of ''[[Towfigh|Towfigh Magazine]]'', and confidant of Dr. Mossadegh at Mossadegh's trial after the 1953 coup.
File:Mohammad Mosaddeq, Ahmadabad 1967.jpg|Mossadegh under [[house arrest]] in Ahmadabad in 1965
File:Mohammad Mosaddeq, Ahmadabad 1967.jpg|Mossadegh under [[house arrest]] in Ahmadabad in 1965
File:Mosaddegh stamp.jpg|Stamp commemorating Mossadegh's birth, 1980
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== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:Politicians from Tehran]]
[[Category:Politicians from Tehran]]
[[Category:Iranian lawyers]]
[[Category:Iranian lawyers]]
[[Category:Leaders ousted by a coup]]
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