Was mossadegh a socialist

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Mass Protests Were Used in the Overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh:

An Old Recipe to Precede Military Coups

Al-Jazeerah, CCUN, July 10, 2013

"Soon, massive protests, engineered by Roosevelt's team, took place across the city and elsewhere with tribesmen paid to be at the ready to assist the coup. Anti- and pro-monarchy protesters, both paid by Roosevelt,[56] violently clashed in the streets, looting and burning mosques and newspapers, leaving almost 300 dead."

"Iranian CIA operatives pretending to be socialists and nationalists threatened Muslim leaders with "savage punishment if they opposed Mossadegh," thereby giving the impression that Mossadegh was cracking down on dissent, and stirring anti-Mossadegh sentiments within the religious community." Wikipedia

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Mohammad Mosaddegh or Mosaddeq[a] (Persian: مُحَمَد مُصَدِق‎; IPA: [mohæmˈmæd(-e) mosædˈdeɣ

Liberalism in Iran

Overview of Iranian liberalism

Liberalism in Iran or Iranian liberalism is a political ideology that traces its beginnings to the 20th century.

Iranian Liberalism during 1900–1979

Society for the Progress of Iran

During the constitutional period of Persia and active during the 2nd term of Majlis, 1909–1911, the party Society of the Supporters for Progress championed the development of southern provinces of Persia and was consisted of MPs representing the southerners.[1] They promoted building hospitals,[2] women's education and regarded Persian as "the official and scholarly" language of Iran.[3] The party was liberal Islamic, nationalist, constitutionalist and anti-imperialist.[2][3][4][5]

Its organ Jonub (lit. 'The South') was printed in Tehran and usually criticized Bakhtiaris,[1] and held the view that Iranian government does not understand the importance of the Persian Gulf region. The newspaper defended democracy and civil rights and expla

Mohammad Mosaddegh

Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953

Mohammad Mosaddegh[a] (Persian: محمد مصدق, IPA:[mohæmˈmæd(-e)mosædˈdeɢ];[b] 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis.[4][5] He was a member of the Iranian parliament from 1923, and served through a contentious 1952 election into the 17th Iranian Majlis,[6] until his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat aided by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom (MI6) and the United States (CIA), led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr.[7] His National Front was suppressed from the 1954 election.[9]

Before its removal from power, his administration introduced a range of social and political measures such as social security, land reforms and higher taxes including the introduction of taxation on the rent of land. His government's most significant policy was the nationalisation of the Iranian oil industry, whi

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