The Dig From Jacob and Magazine Podcast Part Two

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Escondar Sidighi Borajerdi is a professor of contemporary politics and modern history of the Middle East at Goldsmiths College University of London. Gohnar Nickpore is a historian with an interest in histories of law, incarceration and rights in modern Iran. The Dig was produced by Alex Lewis and recorded at WBRU in Providence,. music by Jeffrey Brodsky., senior advisors are Rio Frankos and Ben Maby.

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