Rare photos of Fazlollah Zahedi

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Zahedi actively supported the new government’s nationalisation of the oil industry, which had previously been owned by the Anglo-persian Oil Company, now BP.However, he was at odds with Mossadegh over his increasing tolerance for the outlawed communist party Tudeh, which had boldly demonstrated in favor of nationalisation.

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