Articles from the Mossadegh Era
TIME magazine coverage of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and Iran’s protracted oil nationalization dispute with Britain. Dr. Mossadegh was on their cover twice, including being named
1951 Man of the Year.
In TIME’s March 2, 1953 issue, a publisher’s statement mentioned that their previous year’s circulation reached over 1.7 million in the U.S. alone.
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MAN OF THE YEAR: Challenge of the East (cover story)
TIME's "Man of the Year" Article on Mossadegh Examined, 60 Years Later
Irate TIME Readers Complain About Their "Man of the Year" Selection
1951
January 8, 1951 — IRAN: Troubled Oil
January 22, 1951 — IRAN: Lesson
March 19, 1951 — IRAN: For Oil & Islam
March 26, 1951 — IRAN: Whose Ox Is Nationalized?
April 9, 1951 — IRAN: Aftermath of Murder
April 23, 1951 — IRAN: Another Flare-Up
May 7, 1951 — IRAN: Expropriation
May 14, 1951 — THE NATIONS: You Don’t Do That
May 21, 1951 — IRAN: Down the Incline To Hell?
May 28, 1951 — International: Diplomacy by Swoon
May 28, 1951 — IRAN: Fear
June 4, 1951 — IRAN: Dervish in Pin-Striped Suit (Cover Story)
June 11, 1951 — THE PRESIDENCY: Itchy Problem
June 11, 1951 — IRAN: A Few Degrees Cooler
June 11, 1951 — The Press: Cops in the Lobby
June 25, 1951 — IRAN: Cliff Hanger
July 2, 1951 — IRAN: Blowup?
July 9, 1951 — IRAN: Invitation to Chaos
July 16, 1951 — IRAN: Bloody Holiday
July 23, 1951 — IRAN: Operation Miracle
July 23, 1951 — Foreign News: TROUBLESHOOTER IN TEHERAN
July 23, 1951 — National Affairs: Appropriate Time
July 30, 1951 — Foreign News: THE MIDDLE EAST
July 30, 1951 — IRAN: Progress in Pink Pajamas?
August 6, 1951 — IRAN: Success for Harriman
August 13, 1951 — IRAN: O, Thou Aged Traitor!
August 13, 1951 — OIL: Meeting the Deficit
August 27, 1951 — IRAN: Towards the Bitter End
September 3, 1951 — Foreign News: Shock Treatment
September 17, 1951 — IRAN: Plenty of Tahmassebis?
September 24, 1951 — IRAN: Down, Down, Down?
September 24, 1951 — FOREIGN RELATIONS: Three Shifts
October 8, 1951 — IRAN: Seizure of Abadan
October 15, 1951 — IRAN: Darkness in Abadan
October 15, 1951 — The Press: Mossy the Weeper
October 22, 1951 — MIDDLE EAST: In Mossadeq’s Wake
October 29, 1951 — Foreign News: The U.N. Ducks the Issue
October 29, 1951 — MEDICINE: What Ails Mossadeq?
November 5, 1951 — Foreign News: There Might Be a Chance
November 5, 1951 — People: Mind Over Matter
November 12, 1951 — Foreign News: Worse than Mossadegh
November 19, 1951 — IRAN: After Mossadegh, Who?
November 26, 1951 — IRAN: Empty Hands
December 3, 1951 — IRAN: Hero’s Return
December 17, 1951 — IRAN: Another Round to Mossadegh
December 10, 1951 — OIL & GAS: Anglo-Iranian Reports
December 17, 1951 — The Press: Kicked Out
December 24, 1951 — IRAN: To Hell
December 24, 1951 — The Press: Ousted
December 31, 1951 — IRAN: To Quit or Not To Quit
1952
January 7, 1952 — MAN OF THE YEAR: Challenge of the East (cover story)
January 14, 1952 — MIDDLE EAST: Clumsy Broker
January 21, 1952 — MIDDLE EAST: The Old Game
January 28, 1952 — IRAN: Failure of a Mission
February 18, 1952 — IRAN: Another Round
February 25, 1952 — IRAN: Blame the British
March 24, 1952 — IRAN: Happy Now Rouz
June 2, 1952 — IRAN: Troubled Spot
June 30, 1952 — IRAN: Unbroken Blockade
July 21, 1952 — IRAN: Yes, But...
July 28, 1952 — IRAN: Blood in the Streets
August 4, 1952 — MIDDLE EAST: Of Mobs & Monarchs
August 4, 1952 — IRAN: Strong Man
August 11, 1952 — IRAN: Call Me Dictator
August 18, 1952 — IRAN: Masterly Inactivity
August 25, 1952 — IRAN: Two Steps Forward
September 8, 1952 — IRAN: No Deal
September 8, 1952 — Foreign News: Front Man
September 22, 1952 — IRAN: Carpet for Sale
September 22, 1952 — OIL: Negotiations in Iran
September 29, 1952 — IRAN: A U.S. Policy at Last?
October 27, 1952 — IRAN: Diplomacy by Blackmail
December 1, 1952 — IRAN: Time of the Assassin
1953
January 19, 1953 — FOREIGN NEWS: Mossadegh Loses Friends
February 2, 1953 — IRAN: One Day ...
February 9, 1953 — IRAN: Caviar for Mossadegh
February 16, 1953 — MIDDLE EAST: One Diplomat’s View
March 9, 1953 — OIL: Back from Abadan
March 9, 1953 — IRAN: Our Shah or Death!
March 30, 1953 — IRAN: The Waiting Game
May 4, 1953 — IRAN: In a Persian Alley
May 18, 1953 — JAPAN: Whose Oil?
July 13, 1953 — IRAN: Steady Infiltration
July 20, 1953 — National Affairs: Threatening Letter
July 20, 1953 — IRAN: Shock Treatment
August 10, 1953 — IRAN: Chaos in the Sun
August 17, 1953 — IRAN: 99.93% Pure
August 24, 1953 — IRAN: Out Goes the Shah
August 31, 1953 — Foreign News: The Young Shah: He Returns to a New Popularity
August 31, 1953 — Foreign News: General Zahedi: After Mossadegh, A Tough Soldier
August 31, 1953 — IRAN: The People Take Over
August 31, 1953 — The Press: Novice at Work
September 7, 1953 — IRAN: Rescue Operation
September 14, 1953 — IRAN: Phone Call
September 14, 1953 — IRAN: Emergency Grant
September 21, 1953 — IRAN: Problem Prisoner
September 21, 1953 — BUSINESS ABROAD: New Chance in Iran
September 28, 1953 — IRAN: The New Shah
October 5, 1953 — IRAN: Sabotage
October 12, 1953 — IRAN: The High Cost of Mossadegh
November 23, 1953 — IRAN: Onstage
November 23, 1953 — Foreign News: The Plot That Failed
November 30, 1953 — IRAN: Mooooo!
December 14, 1953 — IRAN: Relations Resumed
1954
January 4, 1954 — IRAN: Three Years in Solitary
February 15, 1954 — IRAN: Comeback Trail
March 22, 1954 — IRAN: Brainless & the Ballots
July 12, 1954 — IRAN: Gift Horse
August 9, 1954 — Foreign News: Siding with the West
August 9, 1954 — MIDDLE EAST: Good News
August 16, 1954 — IRAN: Oil Again
September 20, 1954 — IRAN: Inside Ali’s Suitcase
November 1, 1954 — IRAN: The Nation Is Victorious
November 8, 1954 — IRAN: Back to the Oilfields
1955
April 18, 1955 — IRAN: The Bold Shah
1956
August 13, 1956 — IRAN: After Three Years
Related links:
International Herald Tribune Iran headlines, 1951-1954
Mossadegh Plays With Fire | The New York Times, August 15, 1953
Los Angeles Times Iran headlines, 1941-1953
MOSSADEGH t-shirts — “If I sit silently, I have sinned”
