Khomeini's Opposition to Land Reform

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The Shah is widely thought to owe his throne to foreign intelligence agencies. He's almost sort of cosplaying this kind of revolutionary monarch exactly because he feels so inadequate. But there are a lot of ways in which the independent social organizations, political activism, opposition groups are putting pressure on the on the Shah,. Even Khomeini who at this time is not yet the figure he is going to become.

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the third episode in our four-part series. We pick up in the wake of the US-British 1953 coup against Mossadegh, assess the Shah's repression and attempts to manufacture consent through passive revolution, and then close by laying out the 1979 Islamic Revolution in all of its wild complexity. If you love The Dig, support the podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out our newsletter and archives at thedigradio.com