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...
