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28th of Mordad - A day to be remembered<br> picture - General Fazlollah Zahedi amongst Tehranis on 28th of Mordad, 1953. The day the Shah of Iran was reinstalled as the regent and monarch of the country. The issue at stake was the nationalization of Iranian oil. The Shah did not agree with his prime minister's desire to risk the national security of Iran and the collapse of the Iranian economy which was depended on the oil. Fear that the Soviet Union and its communist sattelites in Iran would take advantage of the turmoil and chaos was also a matter of importance. Mossadeq violated the constitution by bypassing the Majles when staging a referendum about whether the Majles should be dissolved or not. 99.9% "voted" yes in the referendum that appearantly was fraudulent and rigged.
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General Fazlollah Zahedi amongst Tehranis on 28th of Mordad, 1953. The day the Shah of Iran was reinstalled as the regent and monarch of the country. The issue at stake was the nationalization of Iranian oil. The Shah did not agree with his prime minister's desire to risk the national security of Iran and the collapse of the Iranian economy which was depended on the oil. Fear that the Soviet Union and its communist sattelites in Iran would take advantage of the turmoil and chaos was also a matter of importance. Mossadeq violated the constitution by bypassing the Majles when staging a referendum about whether the Majles should be dissolved or not. 99.9% "voted" yes in the referendum that appearantly was fraudulent and rigged.
