Washington DC, (Right) George McGhee, who pushed the plan, (left) The Iranian Prime Minister, Mosaddeq. 1951, two years before the overthrown of his government by an American/British coup to bring the Shah in power.
Abadan, 1941, WW II, British soldiers marching into the refinery during the invasion of Iran
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Proposed Sioviet-Iranian Oil Company plan (1946-1947)
Iranian demonstrators are seen on the balconies of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company’s information centre in Tehran after they invaded the building, 22 June, 1951. I AP Photo
Major General Dwight David-Ike- Eisenhower , The U.S. President, (1953-1961)
WW II-British ships delivering merchandise to Persia’s ports
Abadan, 1950’s, Oil workers and apprentices
Abadan, 1930
Abadan 1963
The Ministry of Fuel and Power of Britain was created in 1942. It was renamed the Ministry of Power in 1957.
Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill gathered in Tehran to plan their strategy for the war. Tehran, 1943 World WW II
Mosaddegh at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, two years before the overthrown of his government by an American/British coup to bring the Shah in power.
Middle East Oil denial, plan of oil pipelines (1942)
Shah and Empress Farah visiting Nixon, Washington DC
Abadan, 1951, British Indian riflemen at the Abadan Refinery, World War II.
Indian workers in a turning workshop, Abadan 1930’s
Shah of Iran, Empress Farah, French President Charles De Gaulle (1959-1969) and his wife in Paris
The arrival of US-style consumerism in Iran, 1950’s
Prime Minister Mosaddegh with US President Truman, 1951. two years before the overthrown of his government by an American/British coup
Abadan, 1951
Abadan 1960’s, Girls basketball team members
Reza Shah, Abadan, 1930
1950’s, Abadan used to have the most beautiful cars in Iran. A young woman (believed to be a prostitute) posing with an American car in Abadan .
Anglo-Iranian Oil company building, Currently, Foreign Ministry, Building 3 Tehran
Reza Shah of Iran in his finals years. He was force- abdicated to South Africa by Britain.
Persia; Past & Present 