Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A kwaturu ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya nke Iran na 19 Ọgọstụ 1953, na-esote ọgbaghara ọchịchị nke United Kingdom na United States duziri, na Prime Minista Iran bụ Mohammed Mossadegh chụpụrụ n'ọchịchị. N'oge ọgbaghara ahụ, aha nzuzo ya bụ
Ọrụ Ajax, CIA na MI6 weghachiri Mohammad Reza Pahlavi n'ọchịchị. N'August 1954, e debere AIOC n'okpuru njikwa nke otu mba ụwa. Na mbido, a tụrụ aro ka e kewaa òkè nke onye nwe ya na ndị otu a n'ụzọ ndị a: 40% ka e kewaa n'ụzọ hà nhata (8% nke ọ bụla) n'etiti nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ America ise; British Petroleum nwere òkè 40%; &lt;a href="Royal%20Dutch%20Shell"&gt;Royal Dutch/Shell&lt;/a&gt; nwere 14%; na CFP, ụlọ ọrụ French, iji nweta 6%. Iran nwetara 25% nke uru ahụ ma e jiri ya tụnyere 20% nke nkwekọrịta mbụ ya na AIOC. Saudi Arabia na mba ndị ọzọ na-egwu mmanụ na mpaghara ahụ natara ihe ruru 50% nke uru na imekọ ihe ọnụ na ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ mmanụ America n'otu oge ahụ.