Iran-US E02: The Ayatollah and the Shah (1942 - 1979)

from Interlace History · host S02: Iran and the US

The rise of Iranian oil nationalism, the election of Mohammad Mosaddegh and the 1953 coup against him, the ascension of Ayatollah Khomeini, the SAVAK's reign of terror, the outbreak of the Islamic Revolution and the birth of modern Iran — check out Interlace History: Iran and the United States - Episode 2: Exactly Midnight, covering years 1942 - 1979.

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