Mar 6, 2024 | Podcast, Premium |
In 1951, the British were planning to invade Iran to re-take control of the country’s oil assets. Meanwhile, there were Nazis on the streets of London. There something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something. HOW TO LISTEN If you...
Feb 19, 2024 | Free, Podcast, Premium |
The British PM sends a fascist Catholic member of the British elite, Sir Richard Stokes, to talk to Moss the Boss. Mossadegh says he wants a divorce. As he’s leaving Iran, Harriman meets with the Shah and “suggests” it might be time for Mossadegh to go. There...
Feb 3, 2024 | Podcast, Premium |
Truman sent Harriman to Iran to try to bring about a diplomatic resolution to the tensions with Britain. It did not go well. There something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something. HOW TO LISTEN If you are seeing this message, it...
Jan 19, 2024 | Podcast, Premium |
Mossadegh started to take over the AIOC offices and appointed a French-educated engineer as the managing director of the new National Iranian Oil Company. The AOIC refused to allow Iran to transport their oil in British tankers. It turns into an epic showdown. The...
Jan 6, 2024 | Podcast, Premium |
In the middle of the 20th century, Iranians really liked Americans, mostly due to the fact that their experiences with them (up until that time) had been mainly positive, unlike the British and the Russians. And the Americans were, in 1951, still trying to convince...
Dec 14, 2023 | Free, Podcast, Premium |
After the assassination of Razmara, Mossadegh’s oil committee voted unanimously to nationalise the AIOC. Iran went crazy for Mossadegh. It was Mossa-Mania. The British were furious and tried to appoint a new Prime Minister, the latest in the line of “guys they were...
Dec 2, 2023 | Podcast, Premium |
The increasing tensions in Iran, driven in part by British imperialism, leads to the formation of a religious terror group called Fedayeen-i-Islam, the first of its kind. There something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something. HOW...
Dec 1, 2023 | Podcast, Premium |
In 1949 the Iranian Majlis put forward a bill to revoke the British oil concession. This, combined with worker riots in Abadan, prompted the British to take action. Meanwhile, Mossadegh forms a new political party, The National Front, and General Ali Razmara, who had...
Dec 1, 2023 | Podcast, Premium |
When Reza makes himself Shah, Mossadegh is livid. He refuses to agree to it. Then he turns down multiple senior positions in the Shah’s cabinet. He ends up retiring from public life at age 45, gets imprisoned, and tries to commit suicide. He returns when the...
Oct 20, 2023 | Free, Podcast, Premium |
Mossadegh had two non-negotiables that drove his political game. First, he was a die-hard believer in the rule of law, which put him on a collision course with autocrats like Reza Shah. Second, he was all about Iranian self-rule, making him Public Enemy No. 1 for the...
