Prime Minister Mossadegh @ Amsterdam Airport, 1951

. Source:  Utrechts Nieuwsblad (08-10-1951) Mossadegh was the prime minister of Persia (Iran) from 1951 to 1953.  His government was overthrown in a coup d’État organized by the British MI6 and the CIA. Mossadegh government’s most notable policy was the nationalization of the Persian oil industry, which was under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil …

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