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Iran’s 1953 Coup that Wasn’t

Strategic Adversaries1953 Coup, American Role, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, CIA, Constitutional monarchy, Constitutional order, False narrative, General Fazlollah Zahedi, Geostrategic issues, International Court of Justice, Iran, Islamic fundamentalist theocracy. , Islamic Revolution, Marxist-inspired revolution, Military support, Mohammad Mosaddeq, Mullahs, Nationalization of oil reserves, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Prime Minister, Shah, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Soviet state, Soviet Union, Tudeh Party, UK, United Kingdom

Iran’s 1953 Coup that Wasn’t

Peter Huessy & Joe Buff0 Comments

In August 1953, the Shah of Iran removed his prime minister, Mohamad Mosaddeq, from his office. The prime minister, who served at the pleasure of the Shah, was in the…

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Nuclear Iran: A Strategic Culture Perspective

Archive, Strategic Adversariesculture, Great Power Competition, Iran, IRI, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Revolution, Mujahideen, Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear Iran: A Strategic Culture Perspective

Morteza Safari1 Comment

In August 2002, an Iranian opposition group, Mujahideen e-Khalq, held a conference warning the West that the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) was building nuclear facilities in two Iranian cities,…

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