...Mohammad Mosaddeq (, , also Mosaddegh, Mossadegh, or Musaddiq) (19 May 1882 – 5 March 1967) was the Prime Minister of Iranfrom 1951 to 1953 when he was removed from power by a coup d'état.From an aristocratic background, Mosaddeq was an author, administrator, lawyer, prominent parliamentarian, and politician, famous for his passionate opposition to foreign intervention in Iran.He is most famous as the architect of the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry,The Middle East by John Coert Campbell, Arleen Keylin, p. 205.which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) (later British Petroleum or BP). The Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. was controlled by the British government.The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin ISBN 9781439110126.Mosaddeq was removed from power in a coup, August 19, 1953 organized and carried out by the United States CIA at the request of the British MI6 which chose Iranian General Fazlollah Zahedi to succeed Mossadegh.The CIA called the coup Operation Ajaxafter its CIA cryptonym, and as the 28 Mordad 1332 coup in Iran, after its date on the Iranian calendar. Mosaddeq was imprisoned for three years, then put under house arrest until his death. Read full entry

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