Year 1952: Crowds of thugs banged on it as they shouted “Deat
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- All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror whole source · open book
Crowds of thugs banged on it as they shouted “Death to Mossadegh!” during the aborted 1952 uprising. During that same uprising, a jeep carrying Shaban the Brainless crashed through the gate as Mossadegh scurried to safety over a back wall. There is still a large dent near the bottom that is probably a result of that crash.
chapter: Epilogue