Today 30 April in History

Owing to betraying the Palestine cause and concluding disgraceful Camp David Accord with Israel under the US pressure, the then Egyptian President Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat was isolated by Islamic countries inclusive of Iran and Islamic Republic’s government cut off its relation with this country on this day by a decree from Imam Khomeini. Signature of the treacherous accord between Egypt and Israel without regard to legitimate demands of Palestinians and interests of the Islamic Ummah meant endorsing the transgressions of the world Zionism and violating the Palestinians’ rights to reclaim their occupied land. Arranged under the US supervision, the accord has nothing but the establishment of Israel in Palestine and its consolidation as a colonial citadel in the region as well as humiliation, degradation, and enslavement of Muslim nations. After a while, Anwar Sadat was assassinated by zealous Egyptian officer Khalid Islambouli during a military parade and received the punishment of his treasons.

Murder of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar

Naser al-Din was assassinated by Mirza Reza Kermani, a follower of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, when he was visiting and praying in the shrine of Shah-Abdol-Azim. It is said that the revolver used to assassinate him was old and rusty, and had he worn a thicker overcoat, or been shot from a longer range, he would have survived the attempt on his life. Shortly before his death he is reported to have said "I will rule you differently if I survive!" Naser al-Din Shah's assassin was prosecuted by the Defence Minister Nazm ol Doleh.
He was buried in the Shah-Abdol-Azim Cemetery, in Rayy near Tehran, where he was assassinated. His one-piece marble tombstone, bearing his full effigy, is now kept in the Golestan Palace Museum in Tehran and is renowned as a masterpiece of Qajar-era sculpture.

30 April (10 Ordibehesht 1330)
In March 1951, the Iranian parliament (the Majlis) voted to nationalise the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) and its holdings, and shortly thereafter elected a widely respected statesman and champion of nationalisation, Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister. This led to the Abadan Crisis where foreign countries refused to take Iranian oil under British pressure and the Abadan refinery was closed. AIOC withdrew from Iran and increased output of its other reserves in the Persian Gulf.
Mossadeq broke off negotiations with AIOC in July 1951 when the AIOC threatened to pull its employees out of Iran and warned tanker owners that "the receipts from the Iranian government would not be accepted on the world market." The British ratcheted up the pressure on the Iranian government and explored the possibility of an invasion to occupy the oil area. US President Harry S. Truman and US ambassador to Iran Henry F. Grady opposed intervention in Iran but needed Britain's support for the Korean War. Efforts by the U.S. through the International Court of Justice were made to settle the dispute, but a 50/50 profit-sharing arrangement, with recognition of nationalization, was rejected by both the British government and Prime Minister Mossadegh.
As the months went on, the crisis became acute. By mid-1952, an attempt by the Shah to replace Mossadegh backfired and led to riots nationwide; Mossadegh returned with even greater power. At the same time however, his coalition was "fraying," as Britain’s boycott of Iranian oil eliminated a major source of government revenue, and made Iranians "poorer and unhappier by the day."