Posted on Sun, November 28, 2010 at 20:47 pm CET
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Iranian Diplomacy Oil and Atom Conference: Different Voices On Nuclear Issue

Attended by diplomats, academia members, and students, the conference was aimed to look into the similarities between the nationalization of the oil industry in the early 1950s by PM Mohammad Mossadegh and Iran’s current nuclear program… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran 
Posted on Mon, February 8, 2010 at 17:04 pm CET
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Revolutionary Guard Inc.

The secretive paramilitary group, according to the U.S., arms both violent Shiite militias in Iraq and Hezbollah. It runs feared prisons inside Iran. The Revolutionary Guard also has a big role that is less understood in the West: an active player in business… Continue reading

Topics: Iran 
Posted on Thu, December 10, 2009 at 19:13 pm CET
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Letter from Empress Farah Diba Pahlavi

The article “a Secret C.I.A. History” printed in the New York Times on April 16, 2000 renders a self-lauding, exaggerated, and partial account of the events of 1953… Continue reading

Topics: Historical Documents • Iran 
Posted on Thu, December 10, 2009 at 17:13 pm CET
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Mohammad Mossadegh – Eccentric Nationalist and ousted Prime Minister

Except for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, father of its revolution, no leader has left a deeper mark on Iran’s 20th century landscape than Mohammed Mossadegh. And no 20th century event has fueled Iran’s suspicion… Continue reading

Topics: Iran 
Posted on Thu, December 10, 2009 at 11:02 am CET
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The CIA and Iran

The Central Intelligence Agency’s secret history of its covert operation to overthrow Iran’s government in 1953 offers an inside look at how the agency stumbled into success, despite a series of mishaps that derailed its original plans. Written in 1954 by one of the coup’s chief planners, the history details how United States and British officials plotted the military coup that returned the shah of Iran to power and toppled Iran’s elected prime minister, an ardent nationalist… Continue reading

Topics: Iran