"Mossadegh's confrontation with the lawlessness of the court: a return to the constitution or a strategic mistake in political calculations?"

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

Parviz Karimian Ravandi ¹ , Ali Bigdeli ² , sina forozesh ³

1 - History Department Group. Faculty of Humanities. Science and Research branch,Islamic Azad University. .Tehran. Iran .
2 - Faculty member, Department of History and Archeology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - department if history, science and research branch,islamic azad university, tehran,iran

Received: 2021-03-22 Accepted : 2021-09-26 Published : 2022-03-21

Keywords: king, Kashani, Mosadegh, consistency, National Assembly,

Abstract :

The involvement of influential people in the court played an important role in the fall of Mossadegh's government. The most active and influential of them were the Shah's mother and his sister Ashraf Pahlavi. Ashraf in particular, which formed a vast network of influential people known as Ashraf's "gang." From the beginning of Mossadegh's rule, these two women actively fought against him. Mossadegh and other leaders of the national movement repeatedly tried to mediate their political activities through intermediaries, but failed. Despite Mossadegh's harsh actions against the court and forcing Ashraf to leave Iran, the woman did not give up her conspiracy and was betraying the Iranian oil movement in Paris. He came to Tehran and delivered the "CIA message" to his brotherThe main question of the article: Was Mohammad Mossadegh's confrontation with the lawlessness of the court in order to return to the constitution a strategic mistake in political calculations and decisions? This research lacks hypotheses due to its grounded theory and exploratory nature, and the present study will be question-based and theory-finding.Historical evidence shows that Mossadegh's opposition to the lawlessness of the court was in line with the continuation of the constitutionalist system in Iran. The Shah and the courtiers' disregard for the constitution and the dissolution of the legislature by Mossadegh and his inflexibility were two scales that, at the same time, undermined the foundations of the democratic system in Iran and allowed foreigners to influence major decisions. provided a decisive factor for the Iranians.