Muhammad Mossadeq16 August 1953
The Shah fails to have Mossadeq arrested & is forced to leave to country for Italy
Iran · Revolution / Revolution of Iran. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Shah fails to have Mossadeq arrested & is forced to leave to country for Italy
Ousted in a coup organized by British & US intelligence
Mossadeq surrenders to General Zahedi
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