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'''Mohammed Mossadegh''' (1882-1967) was a member of the Majlis (the [[Iranian]] legislature) from its beginning into the 1950's.  Mossadegh became Prime Minister of [[Iran]] and nationalized the [[Anglo-Iranian Oil Company]]. His association with Iranian [[Communists]] (the Tudeh Party) lead to his removal from power by a coup ([[Operation Ajax]]) orchestrated by CIA agent Kermit Roosevelt, President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s grandson, despite Mossadegh's pledge of non-alliance to external political parties. (To this day, many Iranians reject Communism, believing it to be evil. In recent "Green Revolution" protests, yong peopl enot only chant "Marg Bar Dictator" - Death to the Dictator (the Ayatollah), they chant "Marg Bar Russe" - "Death to Russia".) The coup reinstated [[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi]], more commonly known as the Shah of Iran, although he later fell to the [[Islamic Revolution]] led by [[Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini]]. [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB28/]

'''Mohammed Mossadegh''' (1882-1967) was a member of the Majlis (the [[Iranian]] legislature) from its beginning into the 1950's.  Mossadegh became Prime Minister of [[Iran]] and nationalized the [[Anglo-Iranian Oil Company]]. His association with Iranian [[Communists]] (the Tudeh Party) lead to his removal from power by a coup ([[Operation Ajax]]) orchestrated by CIA agent Kermit Roosevelt, President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s grandson, despite Mossadegh's pledge of non-alliance to external political parties. (To this day, many Iranians reject Communism, believing it to be evil. In recent "Green Revolution" protests, young people not only chant "Marg Bar Dictator" - Death to the Dictator (the Ayatollah), they chant "Marg Bar Russe" - "Death to Russia".) The coup reinstated [[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi]], more commonly known as the Shah of Iran, although he later fell to the [[Islamic Revolution]] led by [[Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini]]. [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB28/]

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