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#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is It the 20th Century?
The oil industry was a very powerful defining factor of the 20th century for Iran. It created more than one issue for Iran, it's created a strong state from 1921 onward. Even that one-fifth of the income that reached the Iranian state gave it a greater power. So yes, you could say the oil was one of the catalysts for absolute power but the 20th Century saw quite a few countries have dictators with power unlike anything else in human history.
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