Showing 24 frames from one of the most controversial events in the contemporary history of the country/ August 28, not an uprising, not a coup, but the failure of the negative balance policy.
According to the report of Aria Heritage reporter, on the occasion of the 28th of August, an exhibition was held in the cultural and historical complex of Saad Abad, in which parts of the joint conspiracy of the United States and England against the Iranian nation were displayed.
The exhibition “narrative of the 28th of August coup” started on Saturday, 29th of August and will end tomorrow, 2nd of September.
During the five days of this exhibition, which was held in collaboration with the Saadabad Collection and the Research Institute of Contemporary History of Iran, in addition to the display of 24 frames of lesser-seen photographs of this event in the Palace Museum of the Nation, Musa Haqqani, Amir Makki, Khosro Mo’tazad, Majid Tafarshi, Mohammad Mehdi Abdakhodaei and Mohammad Rezakayini were historians and researchers who narrated this part of history and why this event happened.
Abd Khodaei, who was present during that period and is considered the oral history of that period, gave a speech on the fourth day of this event.
He first mentioned the time of his arrest and imprisonment and said: “August 28 was neither a coup nor a national uprising, but the mistakes of the head of government caused America to rule the country.”
Abdakhodaei called Dr. Mossadegh’s supporters of the negative balance policy one of his mistakes and added: “Mossadegh was not a traitor or dependent.” He was a healthy person; But he did not know about the foreign policy and the world conditions as well as the investment of the Americans in England. The implementation of the negative balance policy between America and England was a mistake that was made; A policy that failed.”
Explaining this wrong policy, this researcher stated: “America had invested 85% on the British industry, and with this, the two were making decisions to the detriment of each other.”
Referring to Dr. Mossadegh’s political victory during his tenure as prime minister, Abdakhodaei noted: “The people chose Mossadegh as a political leader, and despite this strong popular support, Dr. Mosadegh fell 13 months later due to the failure of the negative balance policy.”
He further mentioned the dismissal of Dr. Mossadegh by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and added: “According to the constitution, the Shah was allowed to dismiss the prime minister in the event of the dissolution of the parliaments, and using the same law, he dismissed Dr. Mossadegh and appointed Fazlollah Zahedi as the prime minister.”
In explaining the themes of the photos displayed in this exhibition, we can mention the joy of Fazlullah Zahedi for the success of the coup, the procession of tanks and the Shah’s army against the people, the presence of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh in the military court, pictures of Ayatollah Kashani, Dr. Mossadegh and Dr. Fatemi, the conflict of the lawyers of the 7th Majlis With each other in the Majlis square, pictures of a number of representatives of the 15th term of the Majlis, the picture of the coup plotting officers Fazlullah Zahedi, Ardeshir Zahedi and Timur Bakhtiar in a commemoration on the occasion of the coup anniversary, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi next to Shaaban Bimukh and Nixon, the thugs’ maneuver in favor of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Jdal In the parliament, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi next to the British and Russian ambassadors, Churchill among the British occupying soldiers in Tehran, Abadan refinery under British occupation, people’s demonstrations in support of the nationalization of the oil industry, Nawab Safavi’s conversation with Ayatollah Kashani, the signing of the friendship agreement between America and Iran Prime Minister Hajiali Razmara and US Ambassador to Iran Henry Grady mentioned the approval of the nationalization law of the oil industry in the Iranian Parliament, the expulsion of British looters from Abadan and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s visit to the American camp in Tehran. Photos that narrate an important moment in Iran’s contemporary history and show a corner of one of the most controversial events in the country’s contemporary history.
The presentation of historical books is another part of the “Narrative of 28 Mardad” exhibition, specifically three books “Lieutenant Zahedi Simai without retouching from the coup of 1999 to the coup of 1332” written by Khosro Motazad, “The role of the British and American intelligence services in the coup of 28 Mardad 1332” written by Ali Akbar Asimian. and “Shahriwar 1320” written by Mohammad Qoli Majd and translated by Ali Akbar Ranjbar Kermani are dedicated to the event of August 28.