Dr H. Fatemi, Mossadegh's foreign minister. He lived in hiding. A few minutes after this picture was taken, General Bakhtiar, Security chief of Tehran, permitted Shaaban and his friends to knife him in front of Tehran's central police Station. He was tried and shot while he was sick because of his wounds. Shaaban (aka Brainless) always swore to God that he did not knife Fatemi, the latest research indicate he used a clever.
Blowback
1979 revolution was a direct response to 1953 coup
Hostage crisis served many purposes but the emotional charge behind it was the 1953 coup.
High ranking Shah Supporters as well as thousands of others lost their lives in 1979
Four star general Nassiri Commander of SAVAK minutes before execution
General Zahedi was appointed to be shah's ambassador in Switzerland, he was pushed out without any gratitude, was never permitted to come back. He died in Exile.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
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