19 August 1953 On 19 August 1953, British intelligence, helped by the CIA, staged a coup to oust Muhammad Mossadegh, the moderate nationalist prime minister of Iran, who had been a firm believer in liberal values, democracy and the rule of law. London’s angst was over Mossadegh’s determination that Iran should be able to run…
9 August 1919 On 9 August 1919, after six months of secret negotiations between Sir Percy Cox, the acting British Minister in Tehran, and three leading Persian politicians, Prime Minister Vusuq ul-Dawleh, Foreign Minister Prince Farooz and Finance Minister, Sarem ul-Dawleh, the Anglo-Persian Agreement was announced. If it had been subsequently ratified by the Persian…
14 SHOT DEAD IN REVENGE FOR IRA ATTACK – SYMPATHETIC MP ATTACKED IN PARLIAMENT. [ 21 November 1920 ] On the afternoon of Sunday 21 November 1920, armed police officers under British command surrounded Croke Park Football Ground in Dublin. IRA PRISONERS MURDERED [ 21 November 1920 ] During the evening of 21 November 1920,…
INDIAN MUTINEERS BLOWN APART, WOUNDING CIVILIAN SPECTATORS [ 17 June 1857 ] Today in 1857, British troops, having disarmed Indian mutineers at Lahore the previous month, executed twelve of them. BRITAIN BUYS A CONTROLLING INTEREST IN ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL [ 17 June 1914 ] On 17 June 1914, the British government bought over half of the…
