Fazlollah Zahedi

Fazlollah Zahedi was an Iranian general and politician who served as the prime minister of Iran following the 1953 coup that overthrew the democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh. Supported by the United States and the United Kingdom, Zahedi's government was established to reinstate the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. His tenure was marked by significant political tension and resentment among the Iranian populace due to perceived foreign interference, which ultimately contributed to the rise of opposition movements leading to the Islamic Revolution in 1979.