TIME’s 1951 Man of the Year: Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iran’s democratic PM, overthrown by the CIA and MI6

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fatcatbiohaz on March 28th, 2026 at 15:24 UTC »

Just read up on him. Very interesting point in history and what Iran could have been.

centaurquestions on March 28th, 2026 at 15:29 UTC »

The way he "oiled the wheels of chaos" was by declaring that Iran was the rightful owner of the oil in Iran.

RabidSkwerl on March 28th, 2026 at 15:32 UTC »

Y’kno, if a country’s intelligence agencies took out FDR, I’d imagine Americans would be saying “death to” that country too