The Anglo-American relationship through the lenses of the Anglo-Iranian oil crisis : 1950-53 by Ong, Zavier Xin Yu

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The 1953 coup in Iran and the role of Great Britain in it by Hayk Soghomonyan

“…Mossadegh argued that Iran should begin profiting from its vast oil reserves which had been exclusively controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The company later became known as British Petroleum (BP). …”
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The Balkan Theme in The Secret of Chimneys by Graham St. John Stott, Aysar Yaseen

“…The Foreign Office’s interest in the Balkans might not have surprised Christie’s readers. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company had held a monopoly on the extraction, refining and sale of Iranian oil since 1901, and a similar monopoly on reserves in south-eastern Europe would have been welcome at time when large profits were to be made from investment in Romanian oil (Benson 55, 267-68; in the years after the War, British investments in the Romanian oil industry were the largest of any foreign country: Hichens 428). …”
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The relation of socialist principles to British Labour foreign policy, 1945-51 by Rose, R, Rose, C. Richard

“…In its final diplomatic problem, the Anglo-Iranian oil dispute, the Government did act upon the belief that military force would not enable it to get its own way, and when negotiations failed, it left Abadan, in spite of severe criticism from the Conservatives.…”