Dr. Mossadegh in the last years of his life

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Soon, massive popular protests, aided by Roosevelt’s team, took place across the city and elsewhere with tribesmen at the ready to assist the coup. Anti- and pro-monarchy protesters, both paid by Roosevelt, violently clashed in the streets, looting and burning mosques and newspapers, leaving almost 300 dead.

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