The History of the Tudet Party in Iran

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The relationship of indigenous Communist parties to the Soviet Union is something, I mean, it's a global question in the era. Intellectuals are seceding from the Tudet Party and there's splits in its membership that are really about a kind of nationalist sentiment. This is an important prehistory to that 1951 to 1953 moment with Mosada X effort at oil nationalization because this really becomes the question,. Now, this is again a bigger question in broader socialist communist politics at this time.

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