1953 Iranian coup d'état
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On 19 August 1953, Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a coup d'état that strengthened the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. In the months preceding the coup, Mo
Coup supporters celebrate victory in Tehran
Mohammad Mosaddegh, the Prime Minister of Iran in 1951
Hossein Fatemi, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs
Pro-Mosaddegh protests in Tehran, 16 August 1953
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
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The Anglo-Persian Oil Company was a British company founded in 1909 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed Soleiman, Persia. The British government purchased 51% of the company in 1914
The former Anglo-Persian Oil Company building (now Foreign Ministry No. 3) in Tehran
William Knox D'Arcy negotiated rights to prospect for oil in most of the Iran territory.
Workers of the APOC in 1908
Indian soldiers march into the Abadan Refinery, Operation Countenance, 25 August 1941