Iran, 1941-1953: Tudeh, Mosaddegh, Oil, and the CIA-MI6 Coup
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Oil Production in the Middle East in 1951, 1952 and 1953
Iran's ability to sell its oil absolutely grinds to a whole as it's kind of a prelude to contemporary sanctions on Iran. But the production of oil in the Middle East actually increases in 1951 52 and 53, because the Aramco and the British pivot to bringing more oil out of Saudi Arabia and Iraq and Kuwait. So this is actually an important moment in the shift of oil politics into a kind of latter half of 20th century in the broader Middle East as well.
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