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The 17th Iranian Majlis was a legislative assembly with a term beginning on April 25, 1952.
Prime Minister
The 17th Iranian Majlis was a legislative assembly with a term beginning on April 25, 1952.
Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh
Mohammad Mosaddegh ( fa, محمد مصدق, ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 35th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, after appointment by the 16th Majlis. He was a member of ...
was removed from power in a coup on 19 August 1953, organised and carried out by the CIA at the request of the British MI6
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligenc ...
which chose Iranian General Fazlollah Zahedi
Fazlollah Zahedi ( fa, فضلالله زاهدی, Fazlollāh Zāhedi, pronounced ; 17 May 1892 – 2 September 1963) was an Iranian lieutenant general and statesman who replaced the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh through a coup d' ...
to succeed Mosaddegh.
The 17th Majlis was ultimately dissolved by Mohammad Reza Shah.
See also
*1953 Iranian coup d'état
The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état ( fa, کودتای ۲۸ مرداد), was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favor of strengthening the monarchical rule of ...
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{{Iranian Majlis 17th term of the Iranian Majlis