Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Hurumende yeIran yakasarudzwa zvematongerwo enyika yakadzingwa musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu 1953, zvichitevera kudonha kwehurumende kwakarongedzwa neUnited Kingdom neUnited States, uye Mutungamiriri weIran Mohammed Mossadegh akabviswa musimba. Mukati mokubudirira, kunonzi Operation Ajax
, CIA neMI6 zvakadzorera 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.