The Internal Dynamics of Iran

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The Shah basically denied that obviously when he was restored to his throne he denied the coup ever took place. Even until the current day there's still revisionist historians who are trying to paint the internal dynamics of Iran as more important than what happened in 1953. The CIA and British intelligence begin in in late 1952 to formally plan the coup I mean they are having undergoing the step by step process of how that they're going to carry this out.

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the second episode in our four-part series. We begin in 1941 with the British-Soviet occupation of Iran, the ouster of Reza Shah and his replacement by his son, Mohammad Reza Shah. We continue with the rise of the Tudeh communist party, the nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Mohammad Mosaddegh's National Party coming to power, and the 1953 US-British coup that overthrew Mosaddegh and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Shah as dictator. His brutal reign continued until the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which is where we will pick up in episode three. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out The Sinking Middle Class by David Roediger haymarketbooks.org/books/1879-the-sinking-middle-class