Showcasing U.S. History in Iran and American Public Diplomacy’s Limitations, 1950–1965 by Darius Wainwright

“…In focusing on the United States Information Education and Exchange (USIE) during the 1951–1953 Anglo-Iranian Oil Crisis and the Smithsonian’s initial mid-1960s exhibits in the country, the paper makes three key claims. …”
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The 1953 coup in Iran and the role of Great Britain in it by Hayk Soghomonyan

“…Mossadegh argued that Iran should begin profiting from its vast oil reserves which had been exclusively controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The company later became known as British Petroleum (BP). …”
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The 1953 coup in Iran and the role of Great Britain in it by Hayk Soghomonyan

“…Mossadegh argued that Iran should begin profiting from its vast oil reserves which had been exclusively controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The company later became known as British Petroleum (BP). …”
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The 1953 coup in Iran and the role of Great Britain in it by Hayk Soghomonyan

“…Mossadegh argued that Iran should begin profiting from its vast oil reserves which had been exclusively controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The company later became known as British Petroleum (BP). …”
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The Balkan Theme in The Secret of Chimneys by Graham St. John Stott, Aysar Yaseen

“…The Foreign Office’s interest in the Balkans might not have surprised Christie’s readers. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company had held a monopoly on the extraction, refining and sale of Iranian oil since 1901, and a similar monopoly on reserves in south-eastern Europe would have been welcome at time when large profits were to be made from investment in Romanian oil (Benson 55, 267-68; in the years after the War, British investments in the Romanian oil industry were the largest of any foreign country: Hichens 428). …”
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