Iran, 1941-1953: Tudeh, Mosaddegh, Oil, and the CIA-MI6 Coup
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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.
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