The Shah himself was quite indecisive and I think that is really crucial he was actually very, he couldn't stand Mossad der but he was a he was a fellow. He realized the depth of feeling he realized the kind of the passions which Mossad der could kind of engender and bring out. And at the same time we have the British very much trying to urge him and saying you need to come out against Mossad der. Then what's actually interesting is that the intelligence services basically reach out to his twin sister, Ashraf, who is generally seen as the more decisive personality.
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.
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