Jordin De La Rosa – Mohammad Mosaddegh

Mohammad Mosaddegh, born on June 16, 1882, in Tehran, Iran to then pass away at the age of 84 on March 5^th, 1967. He was married to Zahra Khanum who unfortunately passed away two years before his death. While he was alive, he became the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951-1953. Mohammad was the 35^th Prime Minister during this time.  The inevitable occurred during this time when his government was overthrown in 1953. A coup d’état was orchestrated by the United Kingdom causing Mohammad to lose the current power that he had. Why was he thrown out? The reasoning behind it was that he was perceived as unreliable for his region. Not only was he perceived as unreliable, but he seemed to deem is authority to make Iran a communist country. This eventually caught the attention of two powers. The United Kingdom and the United States. They sent over their power to help overthrow Mohammad’s current government. In “Persepolis”, this character is important due to Marjane talking about her life during this time in her comic and explains that when he was pulled from power. That killed the dream of democracy for not only Iran but the entire region.