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  Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Mussadegh,
An Iranian landowner and politician, in 1950 he led the democratic-nationalist opposition to the policies of Muhammad REZA SHAH PAHLAVI in Parliament.
Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919–1980) Shah of Iran (1941–79).
After the fall of MUSSADEGH in 1953 he gained supreme power and with the aid of greatly increased oil revenues, embarked upon a policy of rapid social...
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 Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
He ascended the throne in 1941 after his father, Reza Shah Pahlevi, was suspected of collaboration with the Germans and was deposed by British and Soviet troops.
MUHAMMAD REZA SHAH PAHLEVI mooham mad riza sha...1941 after his father, Reza Shah Pahlevi, was suspected of collaboration...with the supporters of Muhammad Mussadegh.
Following the revolution that deposed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, Khomeini returned triumphantly to Iran in 1979, declared an Islamic republic, and began to exercise ultimate...
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 AllRefer.com - Muhammad Mussadegh, Iran History (Iranian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Muhammad Mussadegh[mOOhAm´mAd mOO´sAdAg] Pronunciation Key, 1880–1967, Iranian political leader, prime minister of Iran (1951–53).
He became immensely popular, and after parliament passed his oil nationalization act (1951), the shah was forced to appoint him prime minister.
A political crisis developed, and in Aug., 1953, Mussadegh's government was overthrown by the shah and his followers.
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 History of Iran
In September Reza abdicated in favour of his son Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who ruled until 1979.
The National Front leader, Muhammad Mussadegh[?], was briefly forced from power in 1952 but quickly returned and forced the Shah to flee.
The Shah returned in mid-1953 and again forced Mussadegh from office in August with U.S. support, Mussadegh was arrested and a new president was appointed.
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 Brief History of Iran   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
When Karim died (1779), Agha Muhammad Ghajar (Qajar), a warlord from the north whom Karim had managed to restrain, went on a ruthless campaign which led to his assassination in 1797 but also resulted in the reunification of Iran under his successor Fath Ali Shah, founder of the Ghajar dynasty.
In 1951, there began a tug of war between, on one side, the nationalist prime minister Muhammad Mussadegh, and on the other, the young Reza Shah supported by the western powers.
Mussadegh, who was prone to crying in public, nationalized the oil industry and was removed in 1952.
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 Iran. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
However, the country was soon again in turmoil, which lasted until the advent of Aga Muhammad Khan.
A detested ruler (assassinated 1797), Aga Muhammad Khan defeated the last ruler of the Zand dynasty and established the Qajar dynasty (1794–1925).
On Sept. 16 the shah abdicated in favor of his son Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi.
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Muhammad: The founder of Islam, Muhammad was born in Mecca around 570.
When the rulers had thought that Muhammad was a threat to their income because of the new religion, Muhammad left with his little band of followers in fear of his life.
Later Muhammad converted many people to Islam in Medina and he created an army and led them to Mecca where he captured the city and destroyed idols in the kabaa and made it Islam's holiest place.
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 CNN - Iran: A new opening - 1998
During World War II, Reza Khan, who by now has taken the name Reza Shah Pahlavi, is forced by Britain and Russia to abdicate his throne in favor of his son, Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, because the elder Pahlavi is seen as too pro-German.
Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi is forced to flee as Nationalist premier Muhammed Mossadegh comes to power with plans to nationalize Iran's lucrative oil industry, much of which is owned by Western companies.
In 1953, the Shah, with the backing of Western oil interests and governments, overthrows Mussadegh and returns to power.
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 life of muhammad - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library
Veneration of the Prophet Muhammad in an Islamic Pillaittamil
Muhammad spent the rest of his life at Yathrib, henceforth...Islam has enshrouded Muhammads life with a mass of legends and traditions...
MUSSADEGH, MUHAMMAD mooham mad moo sadag...political leader, prime minister of Iran (1951 53).
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 People's Weekly World - Iraq: the stench of oil
In 1951 revolutionary forces, headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Mussadegh, overthrew the Iranian Shah.
The CIA organized a coup that ousted Mussadegh and put a son of a former Shah on the throne.
Formerly British Petroleum held it all but, after the coup, a cartel of five U.S. companies got a 35 percent cut, the French got a small part, Royal Dutch-Shell got a piece and British Petroleum was left with 40 percent.
www.pww.org /article/articleprint/5722   (700 words)

  
 The Iran card? - Salon
The United States and Iran have a 50-year history of mistrust, going back to a U.S.-backed coup that toppled Prime Minister Muhammad Mussadegh in 1953.
Mussadegh was a charismatic nationalist who led a popular movement to nationalize the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
The growing rift between the Shah and Mussadegh climaxed in 1953, when Mussadegh forced the Shah from the throne.
dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2001/10/01/iran/?pn=3   (669 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, Iran History (Iranian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, Iran History (Iranian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi[mOOhAm´mAd rizA shA pa´luvE] Pronunciation Key, 1919–80, shah of Iran (1941–79).
More articles from AllRefer Reference on Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi
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A detested ruler (assassinated 1797), Aga Muhammad Khan defeated the last ruler of the Zand dynasty and established the Qajar dynasty (1794-1925).
The shah fled Iran but returned when monarchist elements forced Mussadegh from office in August., 1953; covert U.S. activity was largely responsible for Mussadegh's ousting.
Starting in the 1960s and continuing into the 1970s, the Iranian government, at the Shah's initiative, undertook a broad program designed to improve economic and social conditions.
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 Brainwashing and Subliminal Messaging - Ummah.com - Muslim Forum
Moreover, it is not well remembered that the Shah only came to power in the first place due to the covert activities of the CIA chief Allen Dulles, and his brother John Foster Dulles who was Secretary of State.
The CIA covertly funded terrorist street gangs in Iran to carry out operations that purposely led to the overthrow in 1953 of the then ruling premier of Iran, Dr. Mussadegh, who was not pro-American.
Although the truth is usually eventually leaked out on all fronts, the rule of first impressions has already left its indelible mark and the truth is usually greatly weakened or discarded by the time it is discovered.
www.ummah.com /forum/showthread.php?t=91753   (4958 words)

  
 LIFE (Like Ideal For Elect) | Directed by Omid Heidari
From the beginning of the Islamic era there was strong support for the house of 'Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law.
After the conversion of the vast majority of Iranians to Islam, the ancient Iranian calendar was adjusted to begin with the year of the Prophet Muhammad's immigration to
The Shah returned in mid-1953 and again forced Mussadegh from office on August 19 with U.S. CIA support, Mussadegh was arrested and a new president was appointed.
www.freewebs.com /omid_h/iriran.htm   (3045 words)

  
 Iran@Everything2.com
Alas, turmoil again reigns supreme, and the Qajar tribe goes to war with the Zand.
1793: Aga Muhammad Khan finally defeats the Zand and begins his Qajar dynasty.
A British blockade leads to - you guessed it - economic turmoil, and the shah escapes Iran for London.
www.everything2.org /index.pl?node=Iran   (2406 words)

  
 Geography Quiz
Persia then entered into a long period of decline during which it steadily lost territory and fell under the domination of the European powers.
In the 1950s the power of the shah was challenged by Premier Muhammad Mussadegh, a militant nationalist who nationalized the oil industry and forced the shah to flee the country.
In the 1960s the shah initiated a modernization program that was designed to improve economic and social conditions, but which brought social and political unrest.
www.ualr.edu /Arkgeo/quiz.htm   (3102 words)

  
 Muhammad Mussadegh - Encyclopedia.com
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Muhammad Mussadegh, 1880-1967, Iranian political leader, prime minister of Iran (1951-53).
He held a variety of government posts (1914-25) but retired to private life in protest against the shah's assumption of dictatorial powers in 1925.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Mussadeg.html   (634 words)

  
 On Why Various Countries Hate the US, discussion with Robert Siegel
The term blowback, says Johnson, was coined by the CIA in the 1950s to refer to unintended consequences of covert operations that come back to haunt the United States.
At the time the term was coined, he says, the prime example was the assassination of Iran's premier, Muhammad Mussadegh.
CHALMERS JOHNSON (Author, "Blowback"): The result of this egregious interference in the affairs of Iran was to bring the shah to power and 25 years of repression and tyranny, leading finally to the holding of the entire US Embassy in Tehran hostage for over a year and the revolution of the Ayatollah Khomeini.
www.chomsky.info /debates/20011012.htm   (1389 words)

  
 Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi — FactMonster.com
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 National Iranian Oil Company -- Company History
In 1948 negotiations began to improve the share of oil income retained by Iran, but these were unsuccessful, and in 1951 the strongly nationalist prime minister, Dr. Muhammad Mussadegh, nationalized the oil industry.
The resulting conflict became one of the great causes célèbres in the history of oil-company-host-government relationships in the 20th century.
In 1953 Mussadegh was overthrown in a coup.
www.fundinguniverse.com /company-histories/National-Iranian-Oil-Company-Company-History.html   (3649 words)

  
 The British Petroleum Company plc -- Company History
Anglo-Iranian Oil eventually offered substantial concessions, but they came too late and were repudiated by the nationalist government of Muhammad Mussadegh.
Several years of complex negotiations followed, and eventually, a 1953 coup--in which the British government and the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were implicated--resulted in the overthrow of Mussadegh.
After his removal from power, an agreement was reached that allowed the return to Iran of Anglo-Iranian Oil--renamed the British Petroleum Company in 1954--but not on such favorable terms as the company had secured after the early 1930s dispute.
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The Shah of Iran, Muhammad Reza Pahlevi, took Iran's government back from the Iranian Nationalist Movement led by Muhammad Mussadegh in a CIA coup called Operation Ajax.
Chosen by the CIA to run the country for the Shah was General Fazlollah Zahedi, a suspected pro-Nazi.
Mussadegh's main threat was to the profits of U.S. and British oil companies in Iran.
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 Jihad Watch: National Defense University plays "Let's pretend"
Furthermore, one may recall that favorite of Karen Armstrong's, that supposed story of Muhammad returning from war to the domestic hearth, from the "Lesser Jihad" to the "Greater Jihad." Nice story, nice Hadith, always trotted out by apologists such as Armstrong.
The vast majority of references to jihad refer to jihad as warfare, for the expansion of the political control of the Islamic authorities.
Here you had in Iran a monarchy that was restored to power in the fifties, in a clash with [Muhammad] Mussadegh, by the United States.
www.jihadwatch.org /archives/011953.php   (7673 words)

  
 Democracy Can Be Hard To Export - If Our Leaders Have Ulterior Motives
In 1953, the CIA helped overthrow Muhammad Mussadegh, the elected prime minister of Iran; he was replaced by the Shah.
In 1954, the CIA organized the ouster of Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, and his replacement by a military dictator.
Arbenz had pushed through a law allowing the Guatemalan government to buy and redistribute land from major landowners — such as U.S.-based United Fruit Co. — whether or not the landowners wanted to sell.
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 Muhammad Mussadegh — FactMonster.com
Mussadegh's refusal to negotiate a settlement with the British alienated the shah and members of Iran's ruling class.
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