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  ipedia.com: Iran Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
During the 19th century Persia came under pressure from both Russia and the United Kingdom and a process of modernisation began that continued into the 20th century.
In 1953, Iran's prime minister Mohammed Mossadeq, who had been elected to parliament in 1923 and again in 1944, and who had been prime minister since 1951, was removed from power in a complex plot orchestrated by British and US intelligence agencies ("Operation Ajax").
Following Mossadeq's fall Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Iran's monarch) grew increasingly dictatorial.
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"Conclusion," in Mark J. Gasiorowski and Malcolm Byrne, eds., Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, forthcoming).
"Mossadeq, Mohammad, 1882-1967," Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations, Vol.
Chair and Organizer, Conference on Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran, Middle East Centre, St. Antonys College, Oxford, June 8-10, 2002.
www.lsu.edu /faculty/pogasi/Vita.htm   (2350 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Iran - The Beginnings of Modernization: The Post-1925 Period | Iranian Information Resource
The concept of development planning by the government dates back to 1947, when it was initiated by Mohammad Reza Shah's government as a series of seven-year cycles.
It was not until the 1960s, however, that he actually instituted agrarian reform.
The intervening decade was a period of consolidation following the regime of Reza Shah; it also featured a period of government control by Mohammad Mossadeq (see Mossadeq and Oil Nationalization, ch.
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 Suppressing the World's break for Economic Freedom
Those carrying out the orders of managers-of-state had never heard anything other than that they were battling the world’s worst elements that were attempting to take away our democratic freedoms.
When Iranians gained their freedom after WWII under the leadership of Dr. Mohammad Mossadeq, they were America’s friend and wished to emulate both its democratic government and its economic success.
Operation Ajax (with Kermit Roosevelt, future Vice President of Gulf Oil, in charge of reinstalling the Shah and training SAVAK, the Iranian Secret Service) was the CIA's covert operation to stem that burst of democracy.
www.ied.info /books/ed/suppressing.html   (10624 words)

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