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The drama of the National Front in Iran in 1951–53 occupies an important place in international history. Although Iran never was a colony, its struggle against the United Kingdom for control of oil had a radical impact on the process of decolonization in the Eastern hemisphere. It was also in Iran where anti-colonial passions intersected with the Cold War and the agenda of three great powers: the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Last, but not least, the U.S.-British collaboration and joint overthrow of the Iranian nationalist leader Dr. Muhammed Mosaddeq in August 1953 set a model for Western approaches to radical nationalism in the Third World for at least two decades to follow.
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