Time for Washington to change tack, Zarif says of 1953 U.S.-UK coup against Iran

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the United States keeps getting humiliated by the Iranian people and it is time for it to change tack.

Iranians view 1953 coup as symbol of U.S. wickedness: Vaezi

TEHRAN – Presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi says the 1953 coup is regarded by the Iranian people as the symbol of the United States’ wickedness and its irresponsible interference in Iran’s affairs. 

Zarif likens 1953 coup to Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ on Iranians

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday commemorated the anniversary of the 1953 coup in Iran, saying the Americans and the British orchestrated the coup following years of “maximum pressure” on Iranians, hinting at U.S. President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy against Iran.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Why Did the White House Form the "Iran Action Group"?

Exactly sixty-five years ago, a CIA-backed coup toppled Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iran’s prime minister. The goal of the coup was to strengthen the West’s ally Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the creation of a new Iran Action Group to coordinate U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Heavy sentences await economy disruptors: Iranian Judiciary

TEHRAN – Mohammad Mosaddegh, the deputy to Iranian prosecutor general, announced on Wednesday that heavy sentences, including death penalty and up to 20 years in prison, await those who seek to disrupt the national economy and agitate the foreign currency market.