The Bandung Moment - Mossadargh

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Mossadargh is a key watershed figure here for sure. He's actually a kind of old school you're I am political figure in many many ways, but then he inaugurates the appeal of this kind of nationalization and anti colonial politics right? Abdul Nasser name checks Mossadargh and the oil nationalization process in 1956 when the Egyptians and under Nasser attempt to nationalize the international world was one of his influences in that regard.

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