Mossad Dev Is a National Hero

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Mossad dev becomes this extraordinary figure who is seen as un corruptible, unlike so many other members of Iranian political establishment. Once he takes the kind of more broadly nationalizing posture claims the mantle of wanting to nationalize Iran's oil,. There's just an enormous amount of emotional sort of connection to that project by a broad base of Iranian, Iranian. And it's because he is seen as being the most trenchant anti colonial and incorruptible kind of anti colonial nationalist of the 20th century.

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