TEHRAN (IFILM) -- Car of the 20th-century Iranian patriot Mohammad Mosaddegh has been added to cultural heritage list of the nation.
Dr. Mosaddegh’s 1948 Pontiac is being kept in a museum in Iran’s Alborz province.
Born 1880 in Tehran, Iranian political leader nationalized the huge British oil holdings in Iran.
Dr. Mosaddegh was Iran’s 35th prime minister from 1951 to 1953. For millions of Iranians he symbolizes Iranian sovereignty and patriotism.
His political life was devoted to bringing democracy to Iran and to ensuring the political independence and economic development of the country.
Believing that the first step to achieve this goal would be the nationalization of Iran’s natural resources, Mosaddegh fiercely confronted British Petroleum (which controlled Iran’s oil resources).
The consequences of this battle dramatically determined the political developments of modern Iran.