The University of Manchester Workshop - "The 19 August 1953 Sixty years on The fall of Mossadegh revisited"

An international, two-day scholarly workshop marking the 60th anniversary of the events of 19 August 1953 (28 Mordad 1332) by thoroughly re-evaluating the fall of Mossadegh in the light of the current state-of-the-art of the historiography on this key event in Iran's Modern history.

Sponsored by British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS), Iran Heritage Foundation, The University of Manchester
Convened by Drs Oliver Bast and Siavush Randjbar-Daemi on behalf of the Manchester Iranian History Academic Network (MIHAN) at the University of Manchester.

The 19 August 1953 (28 Mordad 1332) continues to be one of the most discussed moments of modern Iranian history. Sixty years on, historians' opinions about the reasons for the downfall of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh are divided. On the one hand, there is a majority of scholars who emphasise the role of foreign powers focusing on the activities of the CIA and their British helpers, while on the other hand, a smaller number of historians consider domestic factors, such as a truly genuine outbreak of anti-government sentiment or the autonomous action of hitherto unsuspected senior clergy, as having provided the decisive spark. This international workshop brings representatives of these two historiographical strands (and others) together in one single scholarly event for the very first time.

For further details, please see: http://www.mihan.org.uk/the-19-august-53-sixty-years-on.html