Death of Mohammad Mosaddegh

Culture of origin: Iranian · Historical

Holiday sources: Iran

Mohammad Mosaddegh, prime minister from 1951, led a government marked by the nationalisation of Iran's oil and the clash with Britain that followed; he was overthrown in 1953 in a coup aided by British and American intelligence. He was tried for treason, imprisoned for three years, then kept under house arrest at his Ahmadabad estate for the rest of his life. He died of cancer in 1967 in Tehran's Najmieh Hospital and, to prevent a political furor, was buried in his own home.