<Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> Paris Institute of Political Studies University of Neuchâtel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Mohammad Mosaddegh (Persian: محمد مصدق ‎ ‎; IPA: (mohæmˈmæd (- e) mosædˈdeɣ) (listen); 16 June 1882--5 March 1967), was an Iranian politician . He was the head of a democratically elected government, holding office as the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until 1953, when his government was overthrown in a coup d'état aided by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency and the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service . </P> <P> An author, administrator, lawyer, and prominent parliamentarian, his administration introduced a range of progressive social and political reforms such as social security and land reforms, including taxation of the rent on land . His government's most notable policy, however, was the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo - Persian Oil Company (APOC / AIOC) (later British Petroleum and BP). </P>

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