“Mossadeq made the crowds laugh and cry. He confirmed their prejudices and superstitions and flattered their vanities - they were, in most cases, all they had left. They loved him, but did he love them? No one could know for sure.”

— Amir Taheri

The Unknown Life of the Shah (1991)

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Iranian journalist 1942

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