Word: mossadegh
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...Alarmed by the excesses of Mossadegh's triumphant supporters, the Shah of Iran fled to exile in Rome. Six days later...
...Returned in triumph, after street mobs overthrew Mossadegh...
Iran. Dulles and U.S. Ambassador Loy Henderson refused to pay blackmail to shifty, dictatorial Premier Mohammed Mossadegh. In so doing they were running a risk that Mossadegh would retaliate by turning oil-rich Iran over to the Communists. The gamble paid off when the Iranian people rose to support the Shah, overthrew Mossadegh and gave the U.S. another chance in Iran...
Teheran's new government last week gave its people the first inkling of how much Mohammed Mossadegh's "victory" over the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. had cost the country...
Total loss to Iran: at least $271 million -$9,600,000 for each month that Mossadegh ruled...