Iran has marked the anniversary of the 1953 coup against the government of then democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq.
The Iranian premier had played a key role in the country’s 1951 movement that resulted in the nationalization of Iran’s oil industry, which had been mainly controlled by the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), now known as BP.
Experts say the 1953 coup, known as the 28 Mordad coup, was aimed at making sure the Iranian monarchy would safeguard the West's oil interests in the country.
Six decades after the notorious coup, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for the first time published a document in August 2013 which confirmed Washington’s role in the coup d’état.
"The military coup that overthrew Mosaddeq and his National Front cabinet was carried out under CIA direction as an act of US foreign policy, conceived and approved at the highest levels of government," reads a brief segment from an internal CIA history.
However, the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 under the leadership of Imam Khomeini changed the course of history in the interest of Iranian nation.
Iranian nation led by Imam Khomeini took their destiny in their own hands and established an Islamic-democratic system.
Imam Khomeini in a historic address denounced the 1953 coup against the then elected Iranian government.
Recalling unpleasant events of 1953, Imam said that such nasty coup happened because of the then government had not attached enough significance to religious figures of that era. Imam also criticized the separation between religion and politics at the certain juncture of history.
Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic strongly denounced the notorious US and British-orchestrated coup against Iran's first democratically-elected government.
Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic strongly denounced the notorious US and British-orchestrated coup against Iran's first democratically-elected government.
In 2013, the US Central Intelligence Agency released documents formally acknowledging the role it played alongside the British spy agency MI6 in the coup. Overthrowing Mosaddeq also strengthened the dictatorial rule of Iran’s deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi who had just fled Iran following a power struggle with him.
The Islamic revolution’s victory in 1979 under the wise leadership of Imam Khomeini toppled the monarchial regime of Pahlavi and resulted in establishment of the Islamic-democratic system