Mossadegh media archive

 

Visit the Mossadegh media archive for hundreds of articles and editorials on Iran.

 

Divvying Up the Loot: The Iran Oil Consortium Agreement of 1954

65 years ago today, the Iran Oil Consortium Agreement of 1954 was signed into law by the Shah. What was sold to the Iranian public at the time as a national victory, was actually a plunder of epic proportions.

We have exclusively deciphered the most shocking aspect of the deal, hereby revealed for the first time!

► Divvying Up the Loot: The Iran Oil Consortium Agreement of 1954

See also: ► The Iran Oil Consortium | Archive of Documents (1953-1954)

At First, the U.S. Was Optimistic About New Premier Mossadegh

Yesterday (on the eve of Mossadegh’s 135th birthday, coincidentally), the State Dept. finally released its long awaited, previously suppressed volume of Iran records from 1951-1954. One of the more interesting documents is a U.S. Embassy analysis of the freshly elected Premier, which concluded that Dr. Mossadegh, who “has the confidence of the majority of Iranians”, was a leader the U.S. could envision cooperating with… 

► Estimate of the Political Strength of the Mosadeq Government (1951)

 

 

Mossadegh documentary interviews associates, employees in Ahmadabad

Mossadegh, Another Viewpoint | Hoda Saber (VIDEO)

Before Hoda Saber died in Evin prison, he completed this documentary interviewing Dr. Mossadegh’s associates, employees and neighbors in Ahmadabad, Iran. Watch the complete film here.

The Crisis Technique | Bruce Barton on Emergency Powers (1951)

The Crisis Technique | Bruce Barton on Emergency Powers (1951)

In the name of national security, political leaders throughout history have used “temporary” emergency powers to consolidate power. Now that a nakedly authoritarian regime has inhabited the White House, the old “crisis technique” warrants review…

Rachel Maddow Squanders Rare Chance To Explain US-Iran History

The Rachel Maddow Show Squanders Rare Chance To Explain US-Iran History

VIDEO: In a careless segment on the 1953 CIA coup in Iran, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow attempts to explain U.S.-Iran history, but blows it with misleading and
incorrect information.

Filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan Recalls 1953 Coup In Iran

Filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan Recalls 1953 Coup In Iran

In an audio interview, famous Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan recalls the violent 1953 coup in Iran, which he witnessed on that fateful day.

The Tyranny of Words — Bruce Barton on Aggression (1951)

The Tyranny of Words — Bruce Barton on Aggression (1951)

The semantics of human aggression assessed by famed ad executive and former Republican Congressman Bruce Barton in his Oct. 1951 column, “The Tyranny of Words”.

When Black Lives Matter, Iran Loses

When Black Lives Matter, Iran’s Anti-US Propaganda Suffers

As in the Cold War, racial inequality discredits America in view of its enemies like Iran, which relishes the propaganda opportunities. When black lives matter, the U.S. image in the world will benefit, and tyrants and human rights abusers will be discredited.

THE WRATH OF GOD | Bruce Barton’s anti-war sermon (1951)

THE WRATH OF GOD | Bruce Barton’s anti-war sermon (1951)

Is war “Christian”? Famed Republican ad executive and preacher’s son Bruce Barton probed this topic in his still relevant 1951 column “The Wrath of God”.

Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro on Iran, Israel, U.S. Imperialism

Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro on Iran, Israel, U.S. Imperialism

Fidel Castro examines the CIA coup that overthrew Mossadegh in Iran in three June 2010 columns. The Cuban dictator bashes Obama, Israel, nuclear hypocrisy and Western imperialism in his column, “Reflections”.