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Assadollah Rashidian
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Assadollah
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Assadollah Rashidian
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Nov 30, 2025
About the person
Assadollah Rashidian ( Persian : اسدالله رشیدیان ) was an Iranian businessman and anglophile who, along with his brothers, played a critical role in the 1953 overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh . He was a principal covert agent of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) and through him the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was able to convince the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi , to endorse the operation (codenamed Operation Ajax ).

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