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Working Class History on Nostr: #OtD 19 Aug 1953 PM Mohammad Mosaddegh of Iran was overthrown in a coup organised by ...

#OtD 19 Aug 1953 PM Mohammad Mosaddegh of Iran was overthrown in a coup organised by the CIA on behalf of the British and American governments. Mossadegh had instituted social reforms and planned to nationalise the British-owned oil fields https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9072/mohamed-mossadegh-overthrown