Mohammed Mossadegh(1880-1967)

Mohammed Mossadegh was the first democratic Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until 1953, when his democratic government was overthrown in a coup d'état which orchestrated by the British MI6 and the American CIA. The Operation Ajax was the first Overthrow of foreign government by CIA since the World War 2.

Logline: 'The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.' ~Harry S. Truman

The United States emerged from World War II with its industrial base still intact and the only nation with the atomic bomb. It was without question the most

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Superpower (2008)

Mohammad Mosaddegh (16 June 1882 - 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician who served as the 35th Prime Minister of Iran. An author, administrator, lawyer and parliamentarian, he was elected in 1951 by the 16th Iranian Majlis to the office of Prime Minister, his government came under scrutiny for ending the 1952 election before rural votes could be fully counted. He served into the 17th Iranian Majlis, when his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup D'État orchestrated by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom (MI6) and the United States (CIA), led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr.