From 1953 coup to post-1979 failed plots by global arrogance

Seventy-two years ago today, on August 19, 1953, Iran witnessed an Anglo-American-engineered coup that toppled its democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and reinstated the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Student Day: the day young Iranians revolted against US imperialism

Iran commemorates Student Day on December 7th, honoring the martyrdom of three students martyred during a 1953 protest at Tehran University against a visit by then-U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon.

Iran court holds first trial session over US-orchestrated 1953 coup

An Iranian court has begun the trial of the US administration and its officials over the 1953 coup against the democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.

It was not an embassy here, but a US spy-den

(Extracted from a series of memoirs by Seyyed Ahamad Khomeini, Vol. 1, P. 49)

An excerpt from Imam Khomeini's speech on the occasion of the 1953 coup.

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V. 6. P. 3-4

Iran marks anniversary of 1953 coup , Imam Khomeini on several occasions strongly denounced US, UK ...

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, in his historic addresses and statements denounced the 1953 coup against the then elected Iranian government.

Rare pictures of 1953 coup in Iran

August 1953 coup and mistakes by then Prime Minister Mosaddeq