 It is the second month of summer after Tir, and is followed by Shahrivar.The Afghan Persian name is Asad; in Pashto it is Zmaray.28 - 1332 - Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh is overthrown in a coup d'état with the backing of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, beginning the nearly 25-year reign of the pro-US Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.