https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/23/ervand_abrahamian_iran_coup_1953_anniversary

* 1953-08-19: U.S./U.K backed coup in Iran

* 2 yrs after Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister nationalized oil industry

* had been controlled by [now] British Petroleum

Ervand Abrahamian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervand_Abrahamian

* Iranian historian; author of Oil Crisis in Iran

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/oil-crisis-in-iran/DA39D7FF328813BAF75C7698D00F5119

https://persagen.com >> search: "British Petroleum"

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