Mosidek and the National Front

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Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mosidek was overthrown in a coup in 1953 because Mosidek moved to nationalize Iran's oil. How did Mosidek's nationalist movement and his national front coalition of parties come about? And at this moment when the Shah had consolidated so much power and then what various and rather divergent currents and constituencies did it mobilize?"

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