Pictures of Abadan in 1951

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In stark contrast, persian Premier Mohammad Mosaddegh believed the 1933 concession granted to the AIOC by Iran was “immoral as well as illegal”. Mosaddeq “challenged every aspect of the British commercial presence in homeland”. The British feared that if Mosaddeq’s policies prevailed, “nationalists throughout the world could abrogate British concessions with impunity.”

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