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“Britain and the United States are jointly concerned at the possible loss of the oil, and jointly interested in the possible repercussion of events
in Persia on the neighboring oil-bearing countries.”
Compiled, transcribed and introduced by Arash Norouzi
With a majority share in the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Great Britain had a major stake in the oil nationalization movement in Iran, and the dispute soon became a key factor in the 1951 election. This 1950’s media archive features British newspaper and magazine articles, editorials, columns, letters, and political cartoons from the Mossadegh era.
Warwickshire, England (Newspaper)
June 19, 1951 — Flashpoint In Persia
August 16, 1951 — ‘Jolly Good Offer’
September 27, 1951 — Reply To Persia
September 11, 1951 — The Biter Bit
August 20, 1953 — Hope For Persia
The Birmingham Post
Birmingham, England (Newspaper)
April 17, 1951 — Persia
May 9, 1951 — Persian Oil
May 28, 1951 — Persian Oil
June 29, 1951 — Pause For Breath
August 4, 1951 — Persian Lessons
September 11, 1951 — Counter-Measures
September 28, 1951 — Persia
November 26, 1951 — Dr. Mossadek
August 4, 1952 — Dr. Mossadek
August 12, 1952 — 1933, 1951 And After
September 17, 1952 — Fine Frenzy
March 2, 1953 — Persia
August 6, 1954 — Persian Oil
Blackwood’s Magazine
Soho, London, England (Magazine)
August 1951 — Persia Today (by Tom Atty)
The Bolton Evening News
Bolton, England (Newspaper)
October 8, 1951 — In A Persian Mystery
The Bradford Observer
Yorkshire, England (Newspaper)
May 14, 1951 — The Triumph Of Terrorism
June 28, 1951 — Reasons Why We Must Not Evacuate Abadan
July 25, 1951 — Persia’s Way
August 16, 1951 — Too Many Gifts?
September 11, 1951 — Biter Gets Bit
September 27, 1951 — United On Persia
October 30, 1951 — Return To Persia
June 9, 1952 — The Law and Dr. Mossadek
June 9, 1952 — Worth Having
July 23, 1952 — The Hague Decision
August 5, 1952 — Slippery Paths
August 8, 1952 — Rescue for Mossadek
September 26, 1952 — A Nice Ten Days
October 17, 1952 — Dr. Mossadek’s Dilemma
December 19, 1952 — On The Right Side
January 27, 1953 — Pillow Fighting
August 20, 1953 — If Shah Is Right
August 20, 1953 — New Hope In Persia
Coventry Evening Telegraph
London, England (Newspaper)
August 20, 1953 — Mossadeq’s Fall
Daily Express
London, England (Newspaper)
October 9, 1952 — Mossadeg willing to talk for £20,000,000
The Daily Herald
London, England (Newspaper)
July 21, 1952 — The Strongman Is Back
September 1, 1952 — Crisis In Persia
October 17, 1952 — Mossadegh’s Folly
August 21, 1953 — Let the Oil Flow Again
The Daily Mail
Hull, England (Newspaper)
October 3, 1951 — Day of Humiliation
September 19, 1952 — Careful, Mr. Jones!
August 20, 1953 — Exit Mossadeq
The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post
London, England (Newspaper)
April 30, 1951 — Persian Dilemma
July 6, 1951 — Still No Decision On Persia
September 20, 1951 — Mr. Harriman’s Rebuff
October 5, 1951 — A Shabby Defence
October 9, 1951 — Egypt Follows the Persian Lead
October 18, 1951 — An Unconvincing Apologia
June 13, 1952 — Abadan Afloat
August 7, 1952 — Persia On the Brink
October 9, 1952 — No Change In Persia
August 20, 1953 — Revolution In Persia
October 20, 1953 — Britain and Persia
April 9, 1954 — Persian Oil
November 2, 1954 — Persia Herself Again
Letters to the Editor
October 3, 1951 — Major-General Edward Spears Feels Humiliated By Iran
October 3, 1951 — Guy Kindersley Critiques Labour Party on Iran
The Economist
Magazine
May 5, 1951 — Persia’s Road to Ruin
July 25, 1953 — Dr. Mossadegh Sees It Through
The Educational Commentary on Current Affairs
London, England (Pamphlet issued by the Daily Worker)
August 23, 1954 — THE OIL BARONS GO BACK — The Fate of Persian Nationalisation
The Evening News & Times
Worcester, England (Newspaper)
September 27, 1951 — Speaking For Britain
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Huddersfield, England (Newspaper)
July 9, 1951 — Persia and the Court
October 8, 1951 — Persia
Illustrated
London, England (Magazine)
June 9, 1951 — Behind the Face of Persia
September 5, 1953 — The Rise and Fall of Mossadeq
The Illustrated London News
London, England (Magazine)
October 27, 1951 — The Ignominy of Abadan by Cyril Falls
Liverpool Daily Post
Liverpool, England
July 28, 1951 — Flying Visit
August 9, 1952 — Nemesis At Teheran
August 21, 1952 — Oil And Strategy
September 1, 1952 — Persian Oil and Politics
September 17, 1952 — An Empty Offer
October 9, 1952 — A Change Of Tone
October 16, 1952 — Passed To Dr. Moussadeq
December 9, 1952 — Oil and Politics
March 2, 1953 — Persian Unrest
August 20, 1953 — Persian Coup
August 29, 1953 — General Zahedi’s Chance
December 7, 1953 — Some Emotions and a Moral
August 6, 1954 — The Oil Agreement
Opinion
December 9, 1952 — What of Persia’s Oil-Wealth Dreams Now?
March 2, 1953 — Will the Shah Win Over the Mob From Moussadeq?
London News Service
London, England (News Agency)
July 5, 1951 — The Britons Who Hold On In Abadan | By An Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Official
October 22, 1952 — They Wanted To Use Force In Persia (Ian Colvin)
The Manchester Guardian
Manchester, England (Newspaper)
April 30, 1951 — Troubled Oil
May 16, 1951 — Persia
May 28, 1951 — The Oil Dispute
June 5, 1951 — Principles and Oil
June 21, 1951 — Persian Folly
June 22, 1951 — Parliament and Persia
June 28, 1951 — Peace and Persia
June 30, 1951 — Prospects in Persia
July 2, 1951 — With a “V” or a “W”?
July 6, 1951 — Persian Diplomacy
August 24, 1951 — The Oil Dispute
September 20, 1951 — Persian Illusions
October 6, 1951 — Persian Questions
October 29, 1951 — “Mossy for Rector”
January 17, 1952 — Persia
July 23, 1952 — Persia
August 5, 1952 — New Deal Needed
April 7, 1953 — The Persian Monarchy
August 18, 1953 — A Coup that Failed
August 20, 1953 — Persia
August 6, 1954 — Sorry Tale
Letters to the Editor
October 29, 1951 — Persian Oil
October 31, 1951 — Persian Oil (Reply by Richard Stokes)
The New Statesman and Nation
London, England (Weekly)
Correspondence
April 3, 1954 — Persian Democrats
The Nottingham Journal
Nottinghamshire, England (Newspaper)
August 20, 1953 — Persia’s Hope
The Observer
London, England (Newspaper)
August 26, 1951 — More Than Oil
Features
Letters to the Editor
August 26, 1951 — How Persians See It (Flora Lewis)
May 10, 1959 — Unrest In Iran
Picture Post
London, England (Weekly Magazine)
July 14, 1951 — Oil: the World Court
July 21, 1951 — Blood in the Oil
September 1, 1951 — Oil Crisis: As the World Sees It
August 9, 1952 — Middle East Cauldron
September 5, 1953 — All Change In Teheran
December 5, 1953 — FALL OF AN ENEMY OF BRITAIN — Patriot? Fanatic? Catspaw? Clown? — Which is the real Mossadeq?
The South Wales Argus
Newport, Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom (Newspaper)
August 23, 1951 — The Folly of Persia
October 9, 1951 — And Now — Egypt
Letters to the Editor
October 9, 1951 — Lion’s Tail Twisted
The Spectator
London, England (Magazine)
October 12, 1951 | Moussadekism
November 16, 1951 | Dr. Moussadek’s Odyssey
February 22, 1952 | Cross Purposes in Tehran
October 2, 1952 | Moussadek Waits
March 6, 1953 | Moussadek Winning
August 12, 1954 | A Happy Event
August 15, 1954 | The Road to Abadan
November 5, 1954 | Persian Oil Flows Again
July 8, 1960 | Caribbean Mossadeq
The Sphere
London, England (Weekly Magazine)
October 6, 1951 | Britain Refers the Persian Dispute to the Security Council
October 27, 1951 | The Persian Oil Dispute Considered by the Security Council
August 2, 1952 | The Rioting in Tehran — Dr. Mossadek Faints Again
November 21, 1953 | The Moods of Mossadek In the Sultanabad Court
April 24, 1954 | The Weeping, Screaming Dr. Mossadek Performs Again
August 8, 1956 | Away From the Crisis — Mossadek Released From Gaol, Ex-King Farouk on the Sands
The Tablet
London, England (Newsweekly)
May 19, 1951 — A Principle in Persia
The Times
London, England (Newspaper)
May 17, 1951 — The Persian Muddle
The Twentieth Century
London, England (Monthly magazine)
August 1952 — Reflections on the Persian Oil Dispute (Lord Christopher Birdwood)
August 1953 — Persia, the Unclaimed Legacy (A Special Correspondent)
The Western Mail and South Wales News
Wales and Monmouthshire, United Kingdom (Newspaper)
June 21, 1951 — Smash and Grab In Persia
June 27, 1951 — Eleventh Hour
June 29, 1951 — Persia’s Dilemma
July 6, 1951 — The Hague & Persia
July 28, 1951 — Persian Progress?
August 1, 1951 — Abadan Calamity
August 22, 1951 — D-Day In Persia
August 25, 1951 — Is It Persia’s Last Word?
October 3, 1951 — Socialist Tactics Exposed
October 4, 1951 — What Then Did Mr. Attlee Mean?
October 9, 1951 — After Persia — Egypt!
October 10, 1951 — Britain Must Act
Our London Letter
August 23, 1951 — Persian Tension At No. 10
British Journalists
May 3, 1951 — Persia’s Oil Grab Will Hurt Us — Her, Too | Aubrey Thomas
Related links:
Canadian Media Archive on Iran: 1951-1954
Australian Media Archive on Iran: 1951-1954
United States of America | media archive
President Harry Truman | media and editorial archive
THE KOREAN WAR | Vintage Media and Editorial Archive
MOSSADEGH t-shirts — “If I sit silently, I have sinned”
