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Nationalization

Iran · Government / Government of Iran. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1951Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1951

Mohammad Mosaddeq19 January 1951

Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Sponsors a bill to Nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

Mohammad MosaddeqMarch 1951

Government / Government of Iran

Mosaddeq passes a bill nationalizing British Petroleum's Iranian interests

Hossein Fatemi1 May 1951

Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Fatemi supports the oil nationalization programme and the challenge to British control

Mohammad Mosaddeq1951

Abadan · Government / Government of Iran

Expels western personnel from the Abadan oil refineries

Names involved

Hossein FatemiMohammad Mosaddeq

Provenance

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