Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Hurumende yeIran yakasarudzwa zvematongerwe enyika yakapidigurwa musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu 1953, zvichitevera coup d'état
rakarongwa neUnited Kingdom neUnited States, uye mutungamiriri wehurumende yeIran Mohammed Mossadegh akabviswa musimba. Mukati mokubudirira, kwainzi Operation Ajax, CIA neMI6 vakadzorera Mohammad Reza Pahlavi musimba. Muna August 1954, AIOC yakaiswa pasi pokudzora kwesangano renyika dzakawanda. Pakutanga, migove yevaridzi mukomboni yakarongerwa kugoverwa mumitsetse inotevera: 40% kugoverwa zvakaenzana (8% imwe neimwe) pakati pemakambani mashanu makuru eAmerica; British Petroleum kuva nemugove we40%; &lt;a href="Royal%20Dutch%20Shell"&gt;Royal Dutch/Shell&lt;/a&gt; kuva ne14%; uye CFP, kambani yeFrance, kugamuchira 6%. Iran zvino yakagamuchira 25% yemibayiro ichienzaniswa ne20% yesungano yapakuvamba neAIOC. Saudi Arabia nedzimwe nyika dzinoshandisa mafuta dzomunharaunda yacho dzakagamuchira kusvika ku50% yemhindu mukushandira pamwe nemakambani emafuta eAmerica panguva imwe cheteyo.