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The Iran coup was followed just the next year by its overthrow of the government of Hakobar Bens in Guatemala for daring to legalize the Communist Party. It was also a signal moment for an ascendant US Empire that was surpassing the British as overlords of the capitalist world system. And it was of course a decisive moment for Iran, reinstalling Muhammad Reza Shah with absolute power. We'll pick up in episode three, the next episode, with the brutal two and a half decade rule of the Shah and the Islamic Revolution that overthrew him in 1979. Watch the podcast feed as our next two episodes on the history of modern Iran are released over the coming weeks.

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