August 19 marks anniversary of US-led coup in Iran in 1953

From 1953 coup to post-1979 failed plots by global arrogance

Seventy-two years ago today, on August 19, 1953, Iran witnessed an Anglo-American-engineered coup that toppled its democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and reinstated the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Leader: US, Israel will definitely receive ‘teeth-breaking response’

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned the United States and Israel that they will definitely receive a crushing response for their atrocities.

Iran court holds first trial session over US-orchestrated 1953 coup

An Iranian court has begun the trial of the US administration and its officials over the 1953 coup against the democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.

Meeting on August 19; Constant pain

Place: Tawheed Center of Tehran Date & Time: August. 2023 Participants: Dr. Nasser Zarafshan, Engineer Lotfollah Maithami, Dariush Rahmanian, Hossein Rafiei and Azadeh Shabani

Leader says 1953 coup, not embassy takeover, ‘starting point’ in US-Iran row

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed as a “lie” the US assertion that the 1979 takeover of their embassy in Tehran is what set off the ongoing dispute between Iran and the United States, saying the "starting point" of the row goes back to the CIA-orchestrated coup of 1953.

Mourning ceremonies being held to mark Ashura worldwide

Ashura is the culmination of a 10-day annual mourning period in the lunar calendar month of Muharram for Imam Hussein (AS), who was martyred along with his 72 companions in the Battle of Karbala in southern Iraq in 680 AD after fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid.

Imam Khomeini strongly censured US-led coup against democratically-elected Govt of Mosaddeq