19.08.2013 - 14:03 [ Press TV ]

Iran’s lawmakers denounce 1953 UK-, US-led coup

“Today, everyone knows that cutting the hands of oil-thirsty superpowers [off Iran’s oil resources] prompted these so-called advocates of democracy and freedom to topple the Iranian people’s lawful government,” the Human Rights Bloc of Iran’s Majlis said in a statement on Monday, marking the 60th anniversary of the overthrow.