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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)
May 28, 1951 — Persian Oil
September 28, 1951 — 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
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
The Economist
Magazine
May 5, 1951 — Persia’s Road to Ruin
July 25, 1953 — Dr. Mossadegh Sees It Through
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Huddersfield, England (Newspaper)
October 8, 1951 — Persia
Illustrated
London, England (Magazine)
June 9, 1951 — Behind the Face of Persia
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
June 5, 1951 — Principles and Oil
June 21, 1951 — Persian Folly
June 22, 1951 — Parliament and Persia
June 30, 1951 — Prospects in Persia
July 2, 1951 — With a “V” or a “W”?
August 24, 1951 — The Oil Dispute
October 6, 1951 — Persian Questions
October 29, 1951 — “Mossy for Rector”
July 23, 1952 — Persia
August 5, 1952 — New Deal Needed
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
August 26, 1951 — How Persians See It (Flora Lewis)
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 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 Tablet
London, England (Newsweekly)
May 19, 1951 — A Principle in Persia
The Times
London, England (Newspaper)
May 17, 1951 — The Persian Muddle
The Western Mail and South Wales News
Wales and Monmouthshire, United Kingdom (Newspaper)
June 27, 1951 — Eleventh Hour
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
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