Event
Nationalization of Iran’s oil, 1951
Iran’s parliament passed a bill in 1951 nationalizing the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; the CIA historian Scott Koch says it went into effect on 2 May 1951, retroactive to 20 March.
- Dates
- May 1951
- Also known as
- Iranian oil nationalization
Connections 4
interventions
- Mohammad Mossadegh Mar 1951 submitted the nationalization bill Primary record 1
- Government of Iran its parliament passed the nationalization bill Primary record 1
involved
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company its concession was nationalized; the British government owned half of its stock Primary record 1
led to
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The 1953 coup in Iran
According to Central Intelligence Agency
Primary record
2
In the CIA history’s account the link runs through the Cold War risk, not through oil itself.
Timeline 2 dates
- Mar 1951 Mohammad Mossadegh intervened in Nationalization of Iran’s oil, 1951
- May 1951 Nationalization of Iran’s oil, 1951
Proof 2 sources
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“Zendebad, Shah!”: The Central Intelligence Agency and the Fall of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq, August 1953 (CIA History Staff, Scott A. Koch), Central Intelligence Agency, 1998.
Primary record
he submitted a bill, which the Majlis quickly passed, nationalizing AIOC.
The British government owned half of AIOC's stock
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The Battle for Iran (CIA History Staff, written in the mid-1970s; excised release 1981; this version released 2013), Central Intelligence Agency.
Primary record
It was the potential of those risks to leave Iran open to Soviet aggression--at a time when the Cold War was at its height
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