Iran's George Washington: Remembering and Preserving the Legacy of 1953
Payvand.com / Sam Sasan Shoamanesh
19-Aug-2009 (one comment)

We approach the 56-year anniversary of the 1953 coup removing Mohammed Mossadegh as Prime Minister of Iran. Given the challenges that continue to confront the world to this day, it is important to revisit the lessons of this fateful event. An understanding of 1953 seems particularly poignant as the US and the international community grapple with the question of Iran amidst unprecedented levels of internal discord. With seldom seen primary evidence, archived photos and historical correspondence, this essay hopes to shed light on what this event has meant to the Iranian people.

Devising an effective policy towards Iran necessitates an understanding of historical causes of tension between Tehran and Washington. By providing a historical lens through which to view and analyze the Iran quandary for the interested reader and policy maker, the author highlights the following lessons to be derived from one of the most ruinous cases of foreign intervention in Iranian internal affairs.

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Darius Kadivar

Iran's George Washington ? Think Hard for Thinking is an ART ;0)

by Darius Kadivar on

Another "Golombeh Solombeh" Historical Parralel that makes no sense ...

Whatever his contributions to Iran's nationalist sentiments and his undeniable patriotism but Mossadegh to my knowledge did not Found Iran as a Nation ...

Reza Shah was the Architect of Modern Iran but even he could not claim to be Cyrus the Great.

Now you want to compare Mossadegh to George Washington ? ...

Think Hard for Thinking is an ART !

LOL