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Circumstances seemed unfavourable for a Labour victory in a 1950 election but, when it was held, Attlee managed to lead his party to the second win in its history. It took a majority of the popular vote, and even a majority of parliamentary seats, though way down from its previous landslide to a mere five.With that small majority, it was poorly placed to deal with the continuing financial difficulties of the country. These were made worse by involvement in the Korean War, which meant rearming. The funds for the war had to be found somewhere, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a rising star of the Party, Hugh Gaitskell, decided that had to come in part from raiding the National Health Service and the Social Insurance Fund.In disgust, the architect of the health service, Nye Bevan, resigned from the government. With him went another young rising figure, Harold Wilson, who had become the youngest cabinet minister in Britain in the whole of the twentieth century. At that stage he stood with the left and with Bevan, though later he would turn on his mentor, taking a seat in the Shadow Cabinet when Labour was back in Opposition, a seat vacated precisely by another resignation on principle by Bevan.There were difficulties internationally too, with the Mossadegh government in Iran set to nationalise British oil industries there, and nationalist forces in Egypt putting pressure on the British garrison guarding the Suez Canal. Attlee's friend and loyal supporter, the long-time Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin had died in April 1951, and his successor Herbert Morrison wasn't up to the job, adding these foreign crises to the burden on Attlee.With Bevan's left-wing group organising against him and making his parliamentary majority look decidedly fragile, the aging and tired Attlee called another election. Held on 28 October 1951, it saw Labour at last lose its majority and the Conservatives win one.Attlee was out. Churchill was back.Illustration: The Royal Festival Hall in London, souvenir of the 1951 Festival of Britain, itself marking the centenary of the Great Exhibition in Victorian times. Photo by a Wikipedia contributor. Public Domain.Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License

This is a preview of a recent episode of The Adnan Husain Show. The conversation continued for another full hour! Subscribe to Adnan's show on your podcatcher to listen to the full episode or watch it on YouTube linked below. Prof. Adnan Husain discusses the modern history of Iran from the late nineteenth century to contemporary relations with the US with friend and colleague Prof. David N. Yaghoubian of California State University-San Bernardino. We discuss Iran's traditions of statecraft and geopolitical relations with imperial powers, Russia and Britain, until the Cold War, when Iran became a pillar of US hegemony in the Middle East after subverting and overthrowing the nationalist government of Mossadegh. Prof. Yaghoubian shares his analysis of the current Iranian state's alliances with Russia and China to evade unremitting US sanctions as one of "grievances" rather than "interests" created by aggressive US policy. A wide-ranging conversation benefiting from Prof. Yaghoubian's thorough historical knowledge and trenchant political analysis. Dr. David N. Yaghoubian is Professor of Modern west Asian and Islamic History at California State University-San Bernardino and author of "Ethnicity, Identity, and the Development of Nationalism in Iran" (Syracuse, 2014) and co-editor of "Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East" (3rd edition forthcoming).  Please subscribe, share, and support this channel: https://adnanahusain.substack.com/ https://www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanhusain.org/  

John Perkins is a storyteller. His stories tell of his work as an economic hit man, creator of a death economy that is polluting and consuming itself into extinction. He has served as advisor to the World Bank, UN, IMF, Fortune 500 corporations, and government and business leaders across the globe. “You know, my job was pretty easy, generally speaking, because I was offering the president of a country or his finance minister, whoever, a big loan. And the fact that this loan would help him and his family, his friends – they owned the businesses in most cases – they were the ones who benefited from big infrastructure” “They knew that if they didn't accept this deal, the people we call the jackals would come in and they would either overthrow or assassinate the President, whoever was responsible. And, you know, the United States has admitted to this over and over. Allende in Chile, Mossadegh in Iran, Lumumba in the Congo. My two clients. We haven't admitted to that one yet, but we have admitted to Diem in Vietnam and more recently [Manuel] Zelaya in Honduras. We've admitted to these things.” For seven out of his ten years as an economic hit man, John believed what he was taught in business school: to help a poor country pull itself out of poverty, you invest heavily in infrastructure. Statistically this can be shown to increase the country's economy – its GDP and GDP per capita. Per capita implies that everybody in the country is participating, but that's just not true. “GDP primarily measures how well the wealthy are doing and the big corporations.” John's insights are not merely theoretical; they are rooted in personal experience. In other episodes of this podcast, we've talked about cycles of debt that sink global South nations into dire poverty. In this conversation, John recounts the manipulative tactics for securing lucrative contracts for US corporations across the globe, thus creating these debt traps. To repair the damage, John urges a radical shift towards a ‘life economy'—one that focuses on sustainability, equity, and regeneration. John Perkins served as Chief Economist at a major consulting firm and was advisor to the World Bank, UN, IMF, Fortune 500 corporations, and government and business leaders in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. Before that, he apprenticed with shamans when he lived in the Amazon rainforest from 1968 to 1971 and has since studied with shamans from many different cultures. His eleven books on economics, shamanism, and transformation include the Confessions of an Economic Hit Man trilogy; Shapeshifting; The World Is as You Dream It; and Touching the Jaguar. They have been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 70 weeks, sold millions of copies, and are published in at least 38 languages. https://johnperkins.org/

Bei der Abkürzung PS dürfte er glänzende Augen bekommen. Denn PS steht für Pferdestärke und gibt die Leistung eines Motors an. Die Autos, mit denen Hamid Mossadegh handelt, haben meist eine ziemlich hohe PS-Zahl, denn er ist Deutschlands wohl bekanntester Händler für Luxusautos. Und nicht nur das: Der sympathische Moderator des Autoformats "Grip" kann eine sehr bewegende Lebensgeschichte aufweisen: Geboren im iranischen Teheran, verändert die Revolution und der anschließende Krieg gegen den Irak sein Leben für immer. Seine Familie flieht nach Deutschland. Ohne ein Wort Deutsch zu sprechen, besucht er die Grundschule und hat es zunächst schwer, seinen Platz in der Gesellschaft zu finden – bis er sein Verkaufstalent entdeckt, welches ihn schließlich rettet.

Heroic wrestler Gholamreza Takhti is dead. Rana Rahimpour goes back to that terrible night in January 1968, hearing from perhaps the last person to see him alive. We speak to his teammate Abdollah Movahed about the immediate impact of his death, and then take a closer look at his relations with Mohammed Reza Shah. Everything in Iran is political, and sport is no exception. To understand why, Rana takes us through the story of Mossadegh, Iran's National Front, and how the wrestling houses were co-opted by forces much bigger than themselves. She explores Takhti's own political leanings, as wrestling, politics and power all combine in an explosive and volatile situation, and the many ways that the regime exerts influence on its athletes. Takhti is unstoppable in the ring, but outside of it, gradually everything that makes him a great man is being taken away.You can listen to this podcast in Persian here: https://www.bbc.com/persian/podcasts/p0703hz7

"Mit 330 PS in ein neues Leben" heisst die Autobiografie von Hamid Mossadegh. Mit 7 flüchtet er aus dem Iran - heute verkauft er Luxuskarossen und teilt seine Leidenschaft für schnelle Autos im RTL-Magazin "Grip".

Iran & Britain are old friends, they've had ups and downs, and it's probably fair to say we're going through a difficult patch right now, but who better than Ali Ansari to talk about the historical relationship through much of the 20th century. Ali is a child of Iranians, but lives and was brought up here in Britain, where he is Professor of Modern History at St. Andrew's University in Scotland. We talk the Constitutional Revolution of 1906, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Mossadegh and the Coup of 1953, and the Shah of Iran who was overthrown in 1979. Those of Iranian descent, and of course any others, please do get in touch: history@aspectsofhistory.com Ali Ansari Links Ali's Book: Iran Ali on X Aspects of History Links Ollie on X Get in touch: history@aspectsofhistory.com Latest issue: Aspects of History Issue 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Darrell Castle talks about the recent attacks by Iran against Israel and discusses the growing violence with an emphasis on the Israeli decision of whether to retaliate again and if so how. Transcription / Notes DON'T Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today's Castle Report. This is Friday, the 19th day of April in the year of our Lord 2024. I will be talking about the recent attacks by Iran against Israel and discussing the growing violence with an emphasis on the Israeli decision of whether to retaliate again and if so how. Yes, my beat is war this week and there is no shortage of war to talk about. The powers that be love their wars and so they tend to make them happen. There are other issues, of course, like the criminal trial of Donald Trump by George Soros funded proxies in New York City, but war trumps everything, no pun intended. I will also take this introductory paragraph to remind you that there will be no Castle Report next week since I will be attending the Constitution Party National Convention. If you are there look me up, I would love to talk with you. I also remind you that yesterday, the 18th of April was the 82nd anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and other Japanese cities. The 80 men who took part are all dead now, but I take this moment to honor their act of courage and sacrifice. Yes folks, I know this news must be shocking to you but there's war in the Middle East. President Biden did his best to stop it with one word but it hasn't worked so far. However, his word serves as the title of this Castle Report. Don't was the one-word warning given by the President of the United States regarding whether Iran would attack Israel. I suppose that word was meant to convey the message that the president is a tough guy and not someone to be trifled with. The Iranians apparently did not get the message because over last weekend they launched hundreds of attack drones and cruise missiles against Israel.  The Iranians said the attack was in retaliation and a “punishment” for the Israeli attack of April 1 against the Iranian Consulate in Damascus Syria which killed 7 Iranians including two general officers. The Israelis said that attack was in response to the October 7, 2023, attack by the Iranian proxy group, Hamas, against Israel in which some 1400 Israelis died. It seems that one Middle East country or another is retaliating for something just about every day of the week. The nations of the Middle East seem to be run by people who can never forget anything so consider these examples for a moment.  1953, the CIA and British Mi6 helped Iranian royalists depose the elected Iranian president, Mossadegh in a military coup code named Operation Ajax, like the cleaner. The Shah was allowed to extend his power and ruled as absolute monarch for more than two decades until the Iranian Revolution in 1979 in which Ayatollah Khomeini was reinstalled as leader. You probably remember the hostage crises resulting from all that intrigue, but the point is this was all about regime change in Iran to a regime more suitable to the U.S. and I think that is still the case. When the U.S. signed the Algiers Accords ending the hostage crises it agreed to never again participate in regime change against whatever regime ruled Iran. The Mullahs have been clinging tenaciously to power ever since constantly retaliating for one thing or another. The most recent attack against Israel was retaliation for the April 1 attack against the Iranian Damascus Consulate as I said, but also for the January 3, 2020, killing in Baghdad of General Qusem Soleimani. The general was a very important Iranian leader and a beloved figure in Iran. That attack was conducted by the U.S. and was reportedly personally signed off on by President Trump. Was it ordered by Israel? I'm sure the Iranians think it was, and so we continue in an endless cycle of retaliation and violence. Where will it all lead or what will happen next because ...

Walter Murch picks Mohammad Mossadegh, prime minister following the nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian oil company in 1951. Mossadegh was ousted in a coup in 1953. Murch became fascinated in Mossadegh's life while working on a Sam Mendes film about the first Iraq War. Walter Murch is an editor best known for Apocalypse Now, The Godfather and The Constant Gardener. He also worked on a documentary called Coup 53. This is the first in a new series of Great Lives and includes archive of Kermit Roosevelt, a CIA operative. The British were also heavily involved in the coup. The expert is Professor Ali Ansari of St Andrews University, presenter on Radio 4 of Through Persian Eyes.The producer in Bristol is Miles WardeFuture programme subjects include singer Eartha Kitt, author JG Ballard, and pioneering British aviator Diana Barnato-Walker who delivered Spitfires in World War Two.

I 1953 ønsket Storbritannia og USA å kvitte seg med den iranske statsministeren, Mohammed Mossadegh. Målet var å gjøre den langt mer medgjørlige sjah, Muhammed Reza Pahlavi, til landets ubestridte leder. Sjahen ble ansett som en “pyse”. Men sammenlignet med, Mossadegh, var han villig til å la vestlige selskaper tjene grovt på iransk olje. Så hvorfor ikke bare hjelpe ham med å bli diktator?

Sunehra speaks with Professor Daryl Higgins the Director of the Institute of Child Protection Studies at Australian Catholic University and the author of The Australian Child Maltreatment Study about the impacts and proposed solutions to prevent child maltreatment in Australia.You can find out more about the Australian Child Maltreatment Study at https://www.acms.au/  We listen to the second part of the Democracy Now Episode about the documentary film Coup 53. The film is about the coupdetat against the former President of Iran Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, and how the overthrowing of Mossadegh to return Mohammad Reza Shah as Iran's leader dominoed into Iran's anti shah sentiments and the Islamic Revolution. The latter of which the country is still dealing with today. The film, Coup 53 directed by Taghi Amirani explores the involvement of US and UK forces in driving the coup. Amy Goodman from Democracy Now talks to Amirani and Iranian historian Ervand Abrahamian about the less publicised involvement of England.    We are joined by Sal, an Iranian Union activist in Australia who also elaborated more on the American British and Governments in the coup along with the Soviet policy toward Mosaddegh and the role that Tudeh party, Iran's main communist party at the time in supporting the nationalist government of Mosaddegh. Sal also talks about the effects of the coup today as we are approaching the anniversary of the “Woman, life, freedom” uprising.  Patrick speaks to Dr Matthew Sussex, who is Associate Professor of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University discussing Russia's future and what the future holds for the Wagner Group with the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin occurring.  Music:To Tragoudi Tou Kairou - Happy Day by Kostas DoxasSee by Test their Logik

Anniversaries have a way of concentrating our minds on important events, but most Americans paid little attention to a certain date in history when it crossed their calendars this month. On August 19, 1953, the CIA toppled Iran's democratic prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh and installed the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, an event whose consequences haunt U.S.-Iran relations to this day. For Iran, the detested Shah's rule, backed by billions in U.S. military aid, led to an Islamic Revolution in 1979. For the U.S., the 1953 coup was the first such operation pulled off by the new CIA, which under eight years of the Eisenhower administration perpetrated dozens of covert operations in 48 countries. Meddling in the internal affairs of other nations would become standard U.S. procedure during the Cold War following the “success” of 1953. In this episode, Eurasia Group oil historian Gregory Brew discusses the remarkable series of events that led to Mossadegh's demise and the enduring relevance of the coup in today's geopolitics. Note: Excerpts of the documentary COUP 53 are courtesy Amirani Media.

Tauche ein in die exklusive Welt der Luxusautos mit Hamid Mossadegh. In dieser spannenden Podcast Folge spricht der renommierte Luxus Händler und erfolgreiche Unternehmer über die heißesten Trends in der Branche. Erfahre aus erster Hand, welche Luxusautos gerade im Trend liegen und welche Modelle an Reiz verlieren. So auch die G-Klasse? Hamid teilt seine einzigartigen Erfahrungen als Unternehmer und gibt tiefe Einblicke in sein Leben als Experte für Luxusautos und Fernseher-Bekanntheit. Von unvorstellbaren Designs bis hin zu innovativen Technologien - dieser Podcast deckt alle Bereiche der spannenden Luxusautowelt ab. Viel Spaß beim Hören! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:44 Hamid's Podcast 3:21 Fernseher Karierre 7:01 Oldtimer 8:51 Continental Cars 12:31 Kann dich an Autos noch etwas beeindrucken? 13:31 Das Ende von Continental Cars 16:15 Hamid der Superhändler 21:19 Hamdi's größter Fehler 27:47 Der Alltag als bekannter Luxus-Autohändler 30:46 Inflation & Autos 35:20 Hamid's absolutes Lieblingsauto 40:40 Mercedes SL In or Out? 45:16 Trends in der Luxus-Auto Branche 51:50 Bentley 54:42 Hamid's Buchtipp Mehr zu mir: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timotheuskuenzel/?hl=de LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timotheus-künzel-8869a2176/  Erfolgsmensch Podcast: https://erfolgsmensch-podcast.de   Mehr zu Hamid: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamidmossadegh/?hl=de YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC1N1k8WWepGxsnQCjBOO8XQ Hamid's Buchtipp: Gerhard Schröder - Biografie: https://amzn.to/43nyMHn   Du möchtest auch gewinnbringend in Immobilien investieren und weißt nicht, ob du das Zeug um Immobilien-Investor hast? Dann mach ganz einfach unseren kostenlosen Immobilien-Test, um in nur 5 Minuten herauszufinden, ob du das Zeug zum Immobilien-Investor hast: https://kuenzel-investments.de/immobilientest/    Wenn dir diese Podcast Folge gefallen hat, freue ich mich wenn du diese in deiner Instagram Story teilst. Wenn sie dir besonders gut gefallen hat, kannst du diesen Podcast gerne mit 5 Sterne bewerten. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Med avstamp i den exiliranske artisten Mohsen Namjoos tankar om nostalgi reflekterar Marjaneh Bakhtiari över smärtan i denna dåtidslängtan. Och över vad som kan stå på spel i en enkel brottningsmatch. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Essän sändes första gången 2020.Många människor i exil lever ständigt med det förflutna. Antingen som en skugga eller som en snara. Speciellt om det rör sig om en traumatisk historia och den sorts trauma det skapar: ett liv med det obearbetade och det som kanske inte ens går att bearbeta. Erfarenheter som gör samtiden oupplösligt förbunden med det förgångna. Ett aldrig realiserat liv håller sinnena i sitt grepp.Den iranske musikern Mohsen Namjoo som lever i exil i USA beskriver iranier som kroniskt nostalgiska, beroende av ”sorgen över det förgångna”. Ett beroende och en smärta som utvecklats till en epidemi. ”Vad är detta förflutna och varför släpper det inte sitt grepp om oss?” frågar han i en föreläsning från 2018. Kanske handlar det om relevans. Om att inte längre känna sig relevant och av betydelse.När ens plats och roll i framtiden krymper, sväller historien och det förflutna tills det översvämmar hela själen och färgar varenda tanke. Tills man till och med andas det förflutnas luft, som Namjoo uttrycker det. Vi tappar förmågan att förstå och förklara vår nutid. Samtiden saknar helt enkelt det förflutnas gloria och stabilitet eftersom samtiden bara är alltför verklig.Namjoo vänder sig till iranier som bott i 30–40 år i väst och fortfarande dras med ”det förflutnas snara runt sina halsar”. Vad vet de om sitt nya lands kultur och historia? Hur har de bidragit till dessa nya samhällen? Har de gått på en enda teaterföreställning eller konsert som inte har framförts av andra exiliranier? Visst, historien må ha lämnat dem tomhänta. Politiken må ha drivit dem på flykt. Men måste det leda till kronisk nostalgi?Måste deras identitet vävas samman med det förflutna så sömlöst att de skulle försvinna utan det?De kan vara ovetande om de senaste besluten som fattats i hemlandets parlament, eller utvecklingen inom konstvärlden eller skolväsendet. Men så ofta de kan stoltserar de med hemlandets storhetstid. ”Ett hav av historiska stoltheter” kallar Namjoo det. ”Men”, fortsätter han, ”när en människa håller på att drunkna, är hon oförmögen att samtidigt betrakta sin situation från andra perspektiv.”Den besegrades smärta har en central roll i den shiamuslimska kulturen. Det går tillbaka till profeten Mohammeds död då Ali, enligt shiaislam Mohammeds rättmätige arvtagare, inte fick efterträda honom. Det var starten på en lång tradition av att tillhöra en förlorande minoritet som kanske inte reflekterar så mycket över lidandet utan omfamnar det istället.Men kanske kan man även se lidandet som en överlevnadsstrategi? De flesta har väl någon gång upplevt förlusten av gemenskap och trygghet, det där urtillståndet innan en katastrof kommer och vänder upp och ner på ens tillvaro. En erfarenhet som hjälper oss känna igen smärtan i någon annans blick. En erfarenhet som också kan göra oss alltför bekant med förlustens smärta. Så till den grad att den till slut blir något vi förväntar oss. Det är ju det vårt kulturella minne består av. Därför är en förlust i nutid inte bara en förlust i nutid. Därför är en seger inte en isolerad händelse och kan utan minsta tvekan vävas samman med andra drivande orsaker i de historiska händelseförloppen. Den kan lätt förvandlas till en historisk vedergällning.När en amerikansk brottare skulle möta en iransk brottare i en match för flera år sedan handlade det om så mycket mer än bara kampsport. ”För vi är en nation utan självförtroende och full av nertryckta känslor.” Säger Namjoo. Därför är våra största internationella framgångar inom kampsporter som boxning, taekwondo och brottning. Alla de slag och känslor som vi hållit igen, allt oupplöst vi har inom oss, historiskt, politiskt, socialt får vi äntligen släppa loss mot ett främmande lands stackars idrottare. En idrottare vars blick vittnar om ett bekymmerslöst liv i frihet och demokrati. I alla fall som vi ser det. Se bara hur han skyddar sitt ansikte och endast sitt ansikte. För vad mer skulle någon som han någonsin behöva försvara? Se hur lätt han rör sig, han som bara har sin egen vikt att bära på. Han som inte har en aning om hur mycket elände hans kultur och historia orsakat oss. Hans rörelser djupt rotade i nuet. Medan hans motståndares rörelser är av ett helt annat slag. För hans motståndare bär oss alla, förfäder och samtida, på sina axlar. Vi som är varandras börda och stöd. Vi med den nedärvda impulsen att i allt det samtida se rester och oförrätter från historien. Därför är sport alltid extra politisk för oss. För den amerikanske brottaren rörde det sig om en förlust om två poäng i en match som kanske var förödande för den enskilde. Men för oss handlade det om den CIA-ledda statskuppen mot vår demokratiskt valde premiärminister Mossadegh 1953, airbusen med 290 civila passagerare som amerikanska flottan sköt ner mot slutet av kriget mellan Iran och Irak på 80-talet, om sanktioners förnedringar och brutala konsekvenser och all annan ilska vi burit på. Allt finns inlindat i de där två vunna poängen i en brottningsmatch som inte betydde något för resten av världen. Men oss ger det under ett par sekunder äntligen ett övertag. Äntligen ett skäl att ropa ut ilskan och glädjen. Ett tillfälle som lösgör något som knutit sig inom oss.Detta delar vi med dem som vill göra Amerika stort igen och Sverige svenskt igen.Apropå 1980-talet, denna blodiga period i Irans samtidshistoria, vänder sig Namjoo till sin egen generation. De som är drygt fyrtio år gamla idag. Var kommer deras besatthet av 80-talet ifrån? Alla bilder på de gamla skoluniformerna, alla videoklipp från barnteveprogrammen som delas på nätet, mammornas axelvaddar, alla poplåtar som handlar om den tidens oskuldsfulla barn och barndom. De randiga plastbollarna, skolböckerna, de små hopsmidade mobila kopiorna på pariserhjul i järn. De som fem, sex barn fick plats i och var höjden av lycka när de under någon timme mitt under kriget dök upp på ens gata, ditknuffad av en utsliten gubbe.Namjoo erkänner att han själv är svag för dessa tillbakablickar. Alla dessa nostalgitrippar. Men det var ju ingen oskuldsfull tid. Det var en mörk och blodig tid i landets historia. Präglad av kriget mot Irak och, på hemmaplan, massarresteringar, försvinnanden och avrättningar. Det var ju en totalt eländig och hänsynslös tid, säger han som om han måste påminna sina lyssnare som alla själva var med på den tiden. Rucka på det skydd de byggt runt sitt 80-tal som fördunklat deras verklighets-, och självuppfattning. Varna dem för priset för att insistera på det oskuldsfulla långt efter det oskuldsfullas död: ett fördärvat jag.”Nostalgin skövlar offer överallt.” Säger Namjoo och själv är inte på något sätt fri från det. Han mår illa av sättet musik används för att väcka sådana sentimentala känslor. Den smärta som nostalgiker bär på och som så enkelt kan manipuleras. ”Men” säger han i slutet av sin föreläsning ”i varje sekund av min existens längtar jag ändå dit, till hemlandet. Denna paradox är inte en del av mig, den är meningen med hela min existens.”Marjaneh Bakhtiari, författare

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the third episode in our four-part series. We pick up in the wake of the US-British 1953 coup against Mossadegh, assess the Shah's repression and attempts to manufacture consent through passive revolution, and then close by laying out the 1979 Islamic Revolution in all of its wild complexity. If you love The Dig, support the podcast at Patreon.com/TheDigCheck out our newsletter and archives at thedigradio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the third episode in our four-part series. We pick up in the wake of the US-British 1953 coup against Mossadegh, assess the Shah's repression and attempts to manufacture consent through passive revolution, and then close by laying out the 1979 Islamic Revolution in all of its wild complexity. If you love The Dig, support the podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out our newsletter and archives at thedigradio.com

British actor and narrator George Weightman gives Tom Bradby's tale of espionage the gravitas and polish it deserves. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Alan Minskoff discuss the thriller set in 1953 Iran, poised on the CIA backed overthrow of Mossadegh by the Shah's henchmen, with flashbacks to pre-WWII Germany and post-war England and Yugoslavia. Harry Tower, the anti-hero of the novel, has to travel to Tehran to search for his journalist son, who has gone missing. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Recorded Books. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Listen to AudioFile's fourth season of Audiobook Break, featuring the Japanese American Civil Liberties Collection. Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AUDIO, dedicated to producing top-quality fiction and nonfiction audiobooks written and read by the best in the business. Visit penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/audiofile now to start listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is nothing sacred? When it comes to American exceptionalism, at least religious practice sure isn't. As Dr. Michael Graziano discusses in this episode, right from the beginnings of the CIA, part of the strategy to advance American interests around the world was the co-opting of religion. The conversation touches on the overthrow of Mossadegh in Iran and the resulting Islamic Revolution of 1979, denigration of Buddhism leading into the Vietnam War and the religious backlash to 9/11. Check out the book here! Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA. ------------------------------ Follow Dr. Graziano on Twitter Support Dissident Orthodoxy on Patreon Rate/Review Dissident Orthodoxy on Apple Podcasts Follow Casey's substack

Em 13 de agosto de 1953, o primeiro-ministro do Irã, Mohammad Mossadegh, é demitido de suas funções por pressão dos Estados Unidos e do Reino Unido. Mossadegh, líder da Frente Nacional, aliada dos comunistas e dos religiosos, tinha nacionalizado a Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Em represália, o general Fazlollah Zahedi, sustentado pelos anglo-americanos, derruba Mossadegh e permite ao xá Mohammad Reza Pahlevi assumir o controle absoluto do país.Veja a matéria completa em: https://operamundi.uol.com.br/politica-e-economia/5657/hoje-na-historia-1953-golpe-no-ira-depoe-mossadegh----Quer contribuir com Opera Mundi via PIX? Nossa chave é apoie@operamundi.com.br (Razão Social: Última Instancia Editorial Ltda.). Desde já agradecemos!Assinatura solidária: www.operamundi.com.br/apoio ★ Support this podcast ★

Dr. Daniele Ganser is a Swiss Historian who is specialized in international politics after 1945. He is the director of the Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy Research (SIPER) in Basel, Switzerland. In this talk which he gave to a group of business people on November 6th, 2017 in Cologne, Germany, he asks the question whether the so called „war on terror“ is in reality a fight for oil and gas. In the beginning of the talk Daniele Ganser explains that as a human family we today consume 96 million barrels of oil every day, that's 47 supertankers. He explains the cheap oil in the Middle East is in muslim countries while oil sand from Canada or Deepwater oil from the Gulf of Mexico have higher production costs. Daniele Ganser shows, that the government of Mossadegh in Iran has nationalized its oil but thereafter was overthrown in 1953 by the British secret service MI6 and the US secret service CIA. With the example of the Golf of Tonkin incident which started the Vietnam War in 1964 Ganser underlines the fact that wars were often started with lies. This was also the case when US President George Bush together with British Prime Minister Tony Blair attacked Irak in 2003 and claimed falsely that Irak had weapons of mass destruction. The talk recalls also secret warfare of the French secret service DGSE, who destroyed the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in 1985 with bombs. In the part on the terrorist attacks of 11th September 2001 the talk of historian Daniele Ganser focuses on the collapse of WTC7, the third tower which was not hit by a plane. While the NIST report of 2008 claims the building came down due to fire, other experts have argued that WTC7 has been brought down with controlled demolition. Ganser leaves it to his audience to make up its mind whether fire or controlled demolition destroyed WTC7 on 9/11.Daniele Ganser hat neu eine Community! Er sagt: "Ich würde mich sehr freuen, Dich dort zu begrüssen! Mein Ziel ist, in diesen bewegten Zeiten den inneren und äusseren Frieden zu stärken!" Hier erfährst Du mehr zu diesem spannenden neuen Projekt: https://community.danieleganser.online/Daniele Ganser:https://www.danieleganser.chhttps://twitter.com/danieleganserhttps://www.facebook.com/DanieleGanserhttps://www.instagram.com/daniele.ganser/https://t.me/s/DanieleGanser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Im Auftrag von US-Präsident Dwight Eisenhower stürzte die CIA zusammen mit dem britischen Auslandsgeheimdienst MI6 im August 1953 den demokratisch gewählten iranischen Premierminister Mohammad Mossadegh. Der iranische Premier hatte das iranische Erdöl verstaatlicht und sich dadurch den Zorn der Briten zugezogen, die das iranische Erdöl als ihren kolonialen Besitz betrachteten. Allen Dulles, der skrupellosen Chef der CIA, bewilligte eine Million Dollar, die »für alle Aktionen eingesetzt werden sollen, die den Sturz von Mossadegh herbeiführen«.Daniele Ganser hat neu eine Community! Er sagt: "Ich würde mich sehr freuen, Dich dort zu begrüssen! Mein Ziel ist, in diesen bewegten Zeiten den inneren und äusseren Frieden zu stärken!" Hier erfährst Du mehr zu diesem spannenden neuen Projekt: https://community.danieleganser.online/+++ Daniele Ganser:https://www.danieleganser.chhttps://twitter.com/danieleganserhttps://www.facebook.com/DanieleGanserhttps://www.instagram.com/daniele.ganser/https://t.me/s/DanieleGanser See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“The Impact of Mossadegh” - Part 25 of the Roqe Media series, The Contemporary History of Iran. In the view of some, the coup of 1953 not only undermined Iran's first democratically elected government but set a course for events and autocratic rule that would lead to a popular revolution that would end the monarchy and result in the formation of a theocracy - only 25 years later. But what led to the overthrow of a popular Prime Minister in the 1950s? Was it, indeed, a coup? And how long was this coup in the planning? Renowned Iranian-American scholar and author, Dr. Ervand Abrahamian, author of the new book, “Oil Crisis in Iran: From Nationalism to Coup D'état,” joins Jian Ghomeshi from New York to discuss new evidence that shows that in the early 1950s, the United States set out to systematically meddle in Iranian domestic affairs to overthrow Mohammad Mossadegh. And that this was not something sudden or reflexive, but long-orchestrated involving bribes, psychological warfare, an economic embargo, and fear-mongering. It is clear that the impact of the actions of the nationalist Prime Minister created too much concern for the West and those in power in the United States - and the contention was that he had to be stopped.

This column was published by firstpost.com at World War ‘Z’: The world after Ukrainian crisis, and India’s role in it-World News , Firstpost The most ironic thing, in fact the blackest of noir humor, is the use of the letter ‘Z’ in the propaganda surrounding the Ukraine war. It is alleged that this letter is the symbol of Russian obduracy, and therefore worth condemnation, as in the German embassy’s tweet and the Economist’s cover story below.The irony is because there is an earlier instance when the letter ‘Z’ was banned, in Greece, in the aftermath of a coup there. Thus the title of the political thriller, ‘Z’, (1969, Costa-Gavras), one of the most powerful films of all time, a thinly-veiled retelling of the conspiracy behind the assassination of a leading political candidate in 1963. A magistrate unraveled the mystery and sentenced the culprits to lengthy prison terms for the murder. The military coup followed, along with the banning of “Euripides, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Tolstoy, long hair, mini-skirts, the Beatles, Albee, Pinter, Ionesco, Sartre, Mark Twain (partly), Freedom of the Press, Beckett, Sociology, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, learning Russian, learning Bulgarian, modern mathematics, popular music...”, and the letter ‘Z’, because it stands for ‘He lives’ in ancient Greek. These and more are listed in the closing credits of the film.In an extraordinary example of life imitating art which was imitating life to begin with, the letter ‘Z’ is now associated with Russia, and banned, along with, unbelievably, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Pushkin, Mendeleev, Tolstoy, Tchaikovsky, Russian diamonds, vodka, oil, gas and so on. This is, literally, incredible.History repeats itself, first as farce, second as tragedy.Thanks for reading Shadow Warrior! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.In addition, after POTUS Biden’s assertion about defenestrating Russian President Vladimir Putin (although the spin doctors quickly diverted attention), there is little doubt that the Ukraine war has a not-so-hidden agenda: regime change in Russia. In fact, that makes a warped sort of sense, and I compliment my friend Uday B for telling me this right from the beginning of the war, when I (wrongly) thought a negotiated, face-saving settlement could come within a week. The Deep State has specialized in this for long, and usually with disastrous results for the residents of the country thus ‘blessed’ with regime change. I can, off the top of my head, think of Allende in Chile, Mossadegh in Iran, Hussein in Iraq, and Gaddafi in Libya. Then there’s the ongoing effort against Assad in Syria. The only thing in common is misery, penury, war, war crimes, extreme human rights violations, and masses of refugees. Add Ukraine to the list. That is why I am alarmed at the sudden attention paid to India by all those ‘experts’ who are shocked, SHOCKED, that India is not unquestioningly getting with the program and toeing the line. The last time a whole queue of snake-oil salesmen descended on India was when the ‘nuclear deal’ was talked up as the best thing since sliced bread. But despite the promises of manna from heaven, the only visible outcome is India buying more US arms.These good folks are now beginning to show up in India in droves, but the online eagerness has been evident for a while. India is really not all that important to the West, and so the attention is a red flag, and there are only two possible reasons for this Tender Loving Care: a) that they expect to bully India into continuing to be a slave nation, b) that they do not want another powerful manufacturing nation to come up: one China is more than enough. Thus, the moral indignation about ‘one nation invading another’ in violation of the ‘international rules-based order’, let us remember, did not extend to Pakistan invading Jammu & Kashmir in 1947. Nor did it extend to China invading Ladakh in 2020. NATO, and the Deep State, kept very quiet. On what basis, then, do they expect India to care about something happening in Europe? Ah, European wars are ‘world wars’, of course. Atlanticism rules. Thank you for reading Shadow Warrior. This post is public so feel free to share it.And exactly what has the Biden administration done for India? Not much, but here’s the list of weapons they abandoned in Afghanistan; surely they will be used against India by Pakistan:Staggering, isn’t it?Going back to Ukraine, the US once, long ago, did what appears to be exactly the same thing Russia did: based on dubious excuses, it invaded Mexico and took away half that country’s land in 1846 in the US-Mexican war. China, similarly, expanded from their Han heartland, and invaded Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. These became fait accompli. In fact, China probably views its 1962 attack on India as similar to the US-Mexican War: grab land and “teach a lesson”.There is also the worrying historical precedent of dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Biden administration appears keen (and earlier, the Obama folks did, too; ask Ms Nuland) to apply the same formula to India, and to balkanize the country. In other words, break it up into tiny little statelets. Official policy by the Democrats, we’ve been told repeatedly, is ‘sub-national diplomacy’, that is, encouraging fault lines. Interestingly enough, this is precisely what Jinnah wanted as well, according to the book Jinnah: His successes, failures and role in history by Professor Ishtiaq Ahmed: dismemberment of India, not just the ‘moth-eaten’ Pakistan he got. So now we have a theoretical understanding as to why the Deep State has consistently attempted exactly the same thing.For example, there is the laughable fake news about something that only affected a very small number of people, mostly in Kerala. Others claimed 250 million people took part in the strike, just as 250 million farmers rioted against the farm laws. Yes, exactly like Russia has lost 250 million soldiers in the war already, not to mention 7 generals! It is as though there is some vendetta by Democrats and the Deep State against India. They have been flying into paroxysms of rage against India lately (yes, even more than the usual bog-standard badgering and abuse by assorted propaganda outlets such as The Economist, New York Times, Financial Times, Guardian, BBC, NPR and so on).As in the old Panchatantra tale of the old brahmin and the lamb, the rogues are trying to convince Indians that they actually have a dog, not a lamb. They are declaring Modi to be a fascist, and naturally, they’ll explain, a fascist has to be overthrown. Defenestration. Coup. Color Revolution. Endless misery. The end of the Indian Dream of prosperity. Naturally, a Chinese war against India would just accelerate this trajectory. Quad or not, it is increasingly apparent that Biden would not lift a finger to help. Whether Trump would have is a moot question (probably not, but at least he was paying attention to the Indo-Pacific). But, for some strange reason, after the Nixon/Kissinger duo, it appears to be US Democrats who are more malign towards India than Republicans. This is a strategic mistake. A solid Japan-US-India partnership in the Indo-Pacific could contain China (Australia doesn’t add much to this; in fact Vietnam or Indonesia would be more useful in a revamped Quad or Quintet or something). By retreating to the Atlantic, as with AUKUS, the US is proving to India once again that it has to go it alone in the Indo-Pacific. 1190 words, 30 Mar 2022 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com

La troisième partie (30 minutes) comporte : Une histoire de « l'interrègne nationaliste » de 1941 à 1953, qui commence avec le passage de facto à une monarchie constitutionnelle (prévue par la constitution de 1906) et qui se termine avec le coup d'Etat de Muhammad Reza Shah et des États-Unis (avec soutien britannique) contre Mossadegh et le parti Tudeh ; Une analyse des forces en présence, du parti stalinien pro-URSS Tudeh, ses contradictions, sa forte base ouvrière et intellectuelle, sa capacité de mobilisation et sa répression croissante, jusqu'aux nationalistes de Mossadegh et de Fatemi et leur volonté de nationalisation du pétrole iranien, en passant par les féodaux dominant l'Assemblée parlementaire au cours des années 1940 ; Une discussion autour du développement capitaliste en Iran, de ses contradictions et de ses limites (absence de réforme agraire du fait de l'opposition des propriétaires terriens et du clergé) au cours de cette période ; Une histoire de l'Iran du compromis pétrolier des lendemains du coup d'Etat de 1953 jusqu'à la libéralisation politique et agricole du début des années 1960 ; Une traduction originale par notre invité du poème « L'hiver » de Mehdi Akhavan-Salece, écrit à la suite du coup d'Etat de 1953.

BULLES D'HISTOIRE, mardi et samedi à 10h30. Chronique animée par Stéphane Dubreil sur les bandes dessinées historiques. Dans cette nouvelle Bulle d'histoire, Stéphane Dubreil rencontre Tristan Roulot pour la sortie des Chroniques diplomatiques publiées par les Editions Du Lombard. Le scénariste Tristan Roulot est l'invité de Stéphane Dubreil pour une nouvelle Bulle d'histoire à l'occasion de la sortie des Chroniques diplomatiques publiées par les Editions Du Lombard. Cette nouvelle série a pour ambition de raconter les dessous des relations internationales en partant des années 50 pour comprendre l'histoire et le monde dans lequel on vit qui en est l'héritier direct. Le premier volume Iran 1953 revient sur le premier coup d'état fomenté par la CIA pour renverser le premier ministre iranien, le docteur Mossadegh qui tentait de récupérer pour son pays l'exploitation pétrolière aux mains des Occidentaux. Ce sale coup aura des conséquences funestes avec le retour au pouvoir du Shah d'Iran, autocrate sans pitié, et installera un ressentiment anti occidental dans le monde arabe qui perdure encore aujourd'hui et qui a, en partie conduit à la Révolution iranienne.

Téhéran, 1953. Après la nationalisation du pétrole par le Premier ministre Mossadegh, la France tente de suppléer la Grande-Bretagne mais se heurte à une conspiration menée par la CIA : l'opération Ajax. Ces «chroniques diplomatiques», publiées aux éditions du Lombard, ont pour ambition d'éclairer l'histoire récente en s'appuyant sur une documentation abondante et précise. Le dessin de Christophe Simon se prête parfaitement à l'époque, et le scénariste Tristan Roulot réussit à donner à la narration une perspective très moderne. Tristan Roulot est notre invité.

Historian Greg Brew talks about his upcoming book, "Oil and the Cold War: the Iranian Crisis of 1951-1954," which fleshes out the CIA-backed 1953 coup which toppled the elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. He offers some new and provocative insights on the incident, which is a stain on U.S. foreign policy and in many respects the foundation of the fraught relationship between Washington and Tehran ever since. Barbara, Kelley, and Dan also talk about today's imperial behavior on the high seas: U.S. ships interdicting Iranian ships in international waters.See Greg's latest here: "Panic at the Pump and the Real Threat to National Security" (War on the Rocks) Subscribe at crashingthewarparty.substack.com

In 1953, the US intervenes in Iran at the behest of the UK when PM Mossadegh nationalizes the Oil industry. 3 years later, in 1956, the Soviet Union intervenes in Hungary when PM Imre Nagy withdraws from the Warsaw Pact.

Where is the next war going to be? Havok Journal writer Kerry Patton and HJ owner Charlie Faint came on the show to discuss. We talked about a lot of interesting things - who are the closest friends to the US, is the US racist and how does China conduct information operations - but no one gave me a satisfactory, unpredictable, novel answer about where our next war will be. So, I'll tell you now - the answer is “Turkey...the Indian Ocean...with a candlestick.” What do you want accuracy or a cool answer?   Show Alibis Yes, the sounds you hear throughout the episode are Kerry Patton's roosters. We would have featured them more, but they know shockingly little about Sino-Pacific Rim relations. Like most livestock, their expertise revolves around domestic monetary policy. If I sound like crap during the episode, yes, I recorded the whole episode while in the throes of COVID. I took it as a sign of my evolving self-control that I went through the episode without mentioning it or tying it to our discussion of China and the CCP. I won't take the high road now. Fuck the lying, manipulative, and morally abhorrent CCP and their obfuscation with COVID. I have no sense of humor about this. On the way to making their points, Kerry and Charlie thew out a lot of great topics. I had responses to all of them…which I had to ignore because the show is only an hour (-ish) and it takes all my composure to stay on topic. I imagine listeners gripping the steering wheel with white knuckles as I let comments about everything from the criminal justice system to China's history of capitalism blow past me like sliders to the outside. So I'll try to make it up to you. Here's a few links that expand on some of the topics I would have otherwise dived headlong into: Containment Policy, Did the US destabilize Iran under Mossadegh?, How China Became Capitalist, the Myth of Criminal-Justice Racism. Show Notes Havok Journal Hey Blinken! Savage Wonder  

On this edition of Parallax Views, U.S.-Iran relations have been fraught with tensions over the course of many years. he JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), or Iran nuclear deal, initiated during the Obama, however, seemed to mark a turning point towards potentially better diplomatic relations between the two countries. That all changed when Donald J. Trump took the White House in 2016 and effectively withdrew the U.S. from the deal. With the transition to a new administration with President Joe Biden many who supported the JPCOA had high hopes for the U.S. reentering the deal and U.S.-Iran relations improving. These hopes were buttressed by the fact that Biden, when he was on the campaign trail, was very critical of Donald Trump's handling of U.S.-Iran relations. However, those hopes have been diminishing in the time since Biden has transitioned from Candidate to Commander-in-Chief and continued some of the Trump era "maximum pressure" policies on Iran. Joining us to discuss U.S-Iran relations and the potential for a more diplomatic approach to them is Dr. Assal Rad of the National Iranian American Council. Dr. Rad recently co-authored, alongside Negar Mortazavi, a piece for Foreign Policy entitled "President Biden Must Follow the Advice of Candidate Biden on Iran". In addition to discussing some of the point made in said article, Dr. Rad offers an overview of U.S.-Iran relations in the 20th and 21st century including the Iran hostage crisis, the U.S.-backed coup of Iran's democratically elected President Mossadegh in 1953, U.S.-Iran relations during the Bush-era War on Terror, the Obama years and the JCPOA, and much, much more. We also discuss the nature of diplomacy, why it is important to apply pressure to U.S. elected officials on the matter of fostering more diplomatic relations with Iran, the effect of U.S. sanctions on Iran, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's recent praise of Biden's approach to Iran so far, the potential of war, and much, much more in this wide-ranging conversation.

  Jim is working on a review of Fred Litwin's new book On The Trail of Delusion Jim's review to be titled On the Trail of Fred Litwin Gerald Posner's review of Litwin's new book on Garrison At Kennedys and King Article: Trump, Biden and the JFK Act: Something Can and Should be Done by Mark Adamczyk Article: The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins by Jim DiEugenio Article: Nasser, Kennedy, the Middle East, and Israel by Jim DiEugenio The 1953 overthrow of the Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammed Mossadegh, by the Dulles brothers Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala overthrown in 1954 Mossadegh was a democratically elected leader who wanted to get his country away from European imperialism Mossadegh nationalized the British Pertroleum company which controlled Iranian oil The Brits recruited the ulema/mullahs in Iran Operation Vulture in Vietnam "We have a clean base there now, without a taint of colonialism. Dien Bien Phu was a blessing in disguise" - John Foster Dulles Richard Nixon was the first to advocate insert American troops in Vietnam in 1954 Foster Dulles's series of treaties: SEATO, the Baghdad Pact (CENTO), OAS These were all supposed to be anti-communist FREE Borrowable Ebook: The Ugly American by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick Kennedy was very impressed by this book and bought 100 copies of it And sent it to everyone in the Senate Kennedy helped in the making of the movie based on the book Nasser refused to join the Baghdad pact Dulles then pulled the funding for the Aswan Dam project Nasser responded by nationalizing the Suez Canal and approached the Soviets for building the Aswan dam The secret plan by Britain, France and Israel and the Suez Canal crisis Britain and France had cofounded the canal Israel feared Nasser Eisenhower was very angry as Anthony Eden, Prime Miniser of UK, did not consult with him Eisenhower and Dulles decided to teach the British a lesson England was not leading the Western world anymore; the United States was After the Suez canal crisis, Eisenhower and Dulles began to court Saudi Arabia Nasser was a socialist and wasn't part of a royal monarchy unlike Saudi Arabia Nasser ran a secular republic in Egypt which was NOT based on Islamic fundamentalism "We can help fulfill a great and promising opportunity to show the world that a new nation, with an Arab heritage, can establish itself in the Western tradition and successfully withstand both the pull toward Arab feudalism and fanaticism and the pull toward Communist authoritarianism" - John F. Kennedy in the Senate (Algeria speech) Full text of JFK's Algeria speech in the Senate, 1957 Saudi Arabia advocates Wahhabism, an extremist Islamic philosophy Video: Nasser on The Muslim Brotherhood and Hijabs Article: A Democrat Looks at Foreign Policy by John F. Kennedy, October 1957, Foreign Affairs Magazine Nasser arrested several leaders of Muslim Brotherhood and raided their mosques FREE Borrowable Ebook: Devil's Game: How the US Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam by Robert Dreyfuss The British Empire backed the Muslim Brotherhood The cover-up of Kennedy's foreign policy is more extensive than the cover-up following his assassination Kennedy appointed John S. Badeau as his ambassador to Egypt Badeau was the leading scholar on Egypt in the United States AIPAC = American Israel Public Affairs Committee, one of the most powerful lobbying groups in USA Nasser's United Arab Republic (UAR) Libya was one of the richest countries per capita Hillary Clinton decided to overthrow Gaddafi The United States is opposed to having secularists in the Middle East Timber Sycamore (CIA covert op) Hillary Clinton is a neocon Kissinger was responsible for the genocides in Bangladesh, East Timor and Cambodia Video: Bernie Sanders calls out Hillary Clinton on taking advice from Henry Kissinger

En 1953, la CIA a mis en place un coup d'état ayant fait tombé le seul gouvernement démocratiquement élu en Iran. Cette histoire  est celle du combat entre d'un côté l'orient qui cherche son indépendance,et de l'autre l'occident embourbé dans une doctrine coloniale et qui fait passer ses intérêts économiques avant la démocratie. C'est une histoire qui répond à la question “d'où vient la haine si profonde des Iraniens à l'égard des Etats-Unis ? Et pourquoi sont-ils si méfiants concernant les occidentaux ?” C'est l'histoire d'un traumatisme national qui fut à la racine de la révolution Islamique des années plus tard. Merci à Florence du podcast "Restez dans le Flow" pour sa voix poétique. Allez écouter son podcast, il est génial ! Moyen Orientation est un podcast du label Podcut (www.podcut.studio)

On this edition of Parallax Views, the prolific war correspondent Patrick Cockburn, who has been reporting on the Middle East since 1975, joins us to discuss his new book War in the Age of Trump: The Fall of ISIS, The Betrayal of the Kurds, and the Conflict with Iran. We begin the conversation with Patrick's thoughts on objectivity in journalism and whether war reporting takes a toll on journalists in that line of work. From there we discuss the foreign policy of Obama, Obama and his advisor Ben Rhodes taking issue with the "Washington Playboy" and the D.C. foreign policy "Blob", and Trump's foreign policy. In relation Trump and foreign policy Patrick shines a light on the assassination of Iran's Gen. Quasem Soleimani and his understanding of it beyond the way it's been covered in the beltway press. Patrick argues that these elements got Soleimani wrong and this leads us to discuss the role of hubris, whether coming from Iran, the U.S., or other players, in the great game taking place on the geopolitical Grand Chessboard and where Iraq falls in the conflicts. Also covered: - The strange relationship between Iran and the U.S. that features both conflict and underdiscussed cooperation. - Why is the U.S. always at odds with Iran? The overthrow of Mossadegh in 1953 and other events. Why would the Shia-dominant Iran not be a friend of the U.S. in the War on Terror against Sunni Wahabists and Salafists?- Ignorance in the D.C. beltway, the Western elite, and the media on the Middle East and its complexities as a region.- The Middle East as a political graveyard for multiple U.S. Presidents including Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.- The story of ISIS and its fall- Western elite failures in the Middle East such as Libya after the death of Gaddafi; Syria and Assad; the lack of learning lessons from past failures on the part of the Western elite class- The impossible position of the Kurd; Turkey and the Kurds; the U.S.'s relationship to the Kurds- Could we have seen the failures of U.S. foreign policy coming?; the style of War in the Age of Trump- Criticism of U.S. foreign policy is not necessarily about supporting figures like Gaddafi in Libya or Assad in Syria- News from Damascus involving coronavirus- Trump's isolation vs. the elite's interventionist failures; is another way, different from both of these approaches possible; the Cold War mindset of elite interventionist foreign policy- Preoccupation with Russia as a threat- And more! This Episode Brought to You By:The War State:The Cold War Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex and the Power Elite, 1945-1963byMichael SwansonofThe Wall Street Window

In 1953, the CIA overthrew popular Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and shored up the despotic rule of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in order to safeguard British oil interests in Iran. The tale reads like a spy novel: imperialism, espionage, scheming, bribery, and betrayal abound.    In this episode, we bring you the story of the brief, wondrous reign of Mohammad Mosaddegh and the clandestine operation to unseat him — an event that changed the course of Iranian history and ultimately has effects that ring around the world today.    Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dascriminal    Sources: https://bit.ly/3bhoMVw

Med avstamp i den exiliranske artisten Mohsen Namjoos tankar om nostalgi reflekterar Marjaneh Bakhtiari över smärtan i denna dåtidslängtan. Och över vad som kan stå på spel i en enkel brottningsmatch. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Många människor i exil lever ständigt med det förflutna. Antingen som en skugga eller som en snara. Speciellt om det rör sig om en traumatisk historia och den sorts trauma det skapar: ett liv med det obearbetade och det som kanske inte ens går att bearbeta. Erfarenheter som gör samtiden oupplösligt förbunden med det förgångna. Ett aldrig realiserat liv håller sinnena i sitt grepp. Den iranske musikern Mohsen Namjoo som lever i exil i USA beskriver iranier som kroniskt nostalgiska, beroende av sorgen över det förgångna. Ett beroende och en smärta som utvecklats till en epidemi. Vad är detta förflutna och varför släpper det inte sitt grepp om oss? frågar han i en föreläsning från 2018. Kanske handlar det om relevans. Om att inte längre känna sig relevant och av betydelse. När ens plats och roll i framtiden krymper, sväller historien och det förflutna tills det översvämmar hela själen och färgar varenda tanke. Tills man till och med andas det förflutnas luft, som Namjoo uttrycker det. Vi tappar förmågan att förstå och förklara vår nutid. Samtiden saknar helt enkelt det förflutnas gloria och stabilitet eftersom samtiden bara är alltför verklig. Namjoo vänder sig till iranier som bott i 3040 år i väst och fortfarande dras med det förflutnas snara runt sina halsar. Vad vet de om sitt nya lands kultur och historia? Hur har de bidragit till dessa nya samhällen? Har de gått på en enda teaterföreställning eller konsert som inte har framförts av andra exiliranier? Visst, historien må ha lämnat dem tomhänta. Politiken må ha drivit dem på flykt. Men måste det leda till kronisk nostalgi? Måste deras identitet vävas samman med det förflutna så sömlöst att de skulle försvinna utan det? De kan vara ovetande om de senaste besluten som fattats i hemlandets parlament, eller utvecklingen inom konstvärlden eller skolväsendet. Men så ofta de kan stoltserar de med hemlandets storhetstid. Ett hav av historiska stoltheter kallar Namjoo det. Men, fortsätter han, när en människa håller på att drunkna, är hon oförmögen att samtidigt betrakta sin situation från andra perspektiv. Den besegrades smärta har en central roll i den shiamuslimska kulturen. Det går tillbaka till profeten Mohammeds död då Ali, enligt shiaislam Mohammeds rättmätige arvtagare, inte fick efterträda honom. Det var starten på en lång tradition av att tillhöra en förlorande minoritet som kanske inte reflekterar så mycket över lidandet utan omfamnar det istället. Men kanske kan man även se lidandet som en överlevnadsstrategi? De flesta har väl någon gång upplevt förlusten av gemenskap och trygghet, det där urtillståndet innan en katastrof kommer och vänder upp och ner på ens tillvaro. En erfarenhet som hjälper oss känna igen smärtan i någon annans blick. En erfarenhet som också kan göra oss alltför bekant med förlustens smärta. Så till den grad att den till slut blir något vi förväntar oss. Det är ju det vårt kulturella minne består av. Därför är en förlust i nutid inte bara en förlust i nutid. Därför är en seger inte en isolerad händelse och kan utan minsta tvekan vävas samman med andra drivande orsaker i de historiska händelseförloppen. Den kan lätt förvandlas till en historisk vedergällning. När en amerikansk brottare skulle möta en iransk brottare i en match för flera år sedan handlade det om så mycket mer än bara kampsport. För vi är en nation utan självförtroende och full av nertryckta känslor. Säger Namjoo. Därför är våra största internationella framgångar inom kampsporter som boxning, taekwondo och brottning. Alla de slag och känslor som vi hållit igen, allt oupplöst vi har inom oss, historiskt, politiskt, socialt får vi äntligen släppa loss mot ett främmande lands stackars idrottare. En idrottare vars blick vittnar om ett bekymmerslöst liv i frihet och demokrati. I alla fall som vi ser det. Se bara hur han skyddar sitt ansikte och endast sitt ansikte. För vad mer skulle någon som han någonsin behöva försvara? Se hur lätt han rör sig, han som bara har sin egen vikt att bära på. Han som inte har en aning om hur mycket elände hans kultur och historia orsakat oss. Hans rörelser djupt rotade i nuet. Medan hans motståndares rörelser är av ett helt annat slag. För hans motståndare bär oss alla, förfäder och samtida, på sina axlar. Vi som är varandras börda och stöd. Vi med den nedärvda impulsen att i allt det samtida se rester och oförrätter från historien. Därför är sport alltid extra politisk för oss. För den amerikanske brottaren rörde det sig om en förlust om två poäng i en match som kanske var förödande för den enskilde. Men för oss handlade det om den CIA-ledda statskuppen mot vår demokratiskt valde premiärminister Mossadegh 1953, airbusen med 290 civila passagerare som amerikanska flottan sköt ner mot slutet av kriget mellan Iran och Irak på 80-talet, om sanktioners förnedringar och brutala konsekvenser och all annan ilska vi burit på. Allt finns inlindat i de där två vunna poängen i en brottningsmatch som inte betydde något för resten av världen. Men oss ger det under ett par sekunder äntligen ett övertag. Äntligen ett skäl att ropa ut ilskan och glädjen. Ett tillfälle som lösgör något som knutit sig inom oss. Detta delar vi med dem som vill göra Amerika stort igen och Sverige svenskt igen. Apropå 1980-talet, denna blodiga period i Irans samtidshistoria, vänder sig Namjoo till sin egen generation. De som är drygt fyrtio år gamla idag. Var kommer deras besatthet av 80-talet ifrån? Alla bilder på de gamla skoluniformerna, alla videoklipp från barnteveprogrammen som delas på nätet, mammornas axelvaddar, alla poplåtar som handlar om den tidens oskuldsfulla barn och barndom. De randiga plastbollarna, skolböckerna, de små hopsmidade mobila kopiorna på pariserhjul i järn. De som fem, sex barn fick plats i och var höjden av lycka när de under någon timme mitt under kriget dök upp på ens gata, ditknuffad av en utsliten gubbe. Namjoo erkänner att han själv är svag för dessa tillbakablickar. Alla dessa nostalgitrippar. Men det var ju ingen oskuldsfull tid. Det var en mörk och blodig tid i landets historia. Präglad av kriget mot Irak och, på hemmaplan, massarresteringar, försvinnanden och avrättningar. Det var ju en totalt eländig och hänsynslös tid, säger han som om han måste påminna sina lyssnare som alla själva var med på den tiden. Rucka på det skydd de byggt runt sitt 80-tal som fördunklat deras verklighets-, och självuppfattning. Varna dem för priset för att insistera på det oskuldsfulla långt efter det oskuldsfullas död: ett fördärvat jag. Nostalgin skövlar offer överallt. Säger Namjoo och själv är inte på något sätt fri från det. Han mår illa av sättet musik används för att väcka sådana sentimentala känslor. Den smärta som nostalgiker bär på och som så enkelt kan manipuleras. Men säger han i slutet av sin föreläsning i varje sekund av min existens längtar jag ändå dit, till hemlandet. Denna paradox är inte en del av mig, den är meningen med hela min existens. Marjaneh Bakhtiari, författare

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In this episode of On Mass we take a look into Iranian history as it pertains to imperialist (American and British) aggression and the class forces within the country in relation to said imperialism. The episode begins with a brief explanation of capitalist-imperialism, and then looks at the British Petroleum Company's exploitation of Iranian oil, the coup that deposed of Mohammed Mosaddegh, and a look at how communists attempted and/or failed to respond to the conditions within Iran.Some Sources:Iran: The Rise and Fall of the Tudeh Party by Farhang JahanpourHarvest of Shame: Tudeh and the Bazargan Government by Mohsen M. MilaniThe Tudeh Military Network during the Oil Nationalization Period by Osamu MiyataTudeh Factionalism and the 1953 Coup in Iran by Maziar BehroozNeither East Nor West by Nikki R. KeddieUSSR-Iran Relations (1979-86) by Mansoor Akbar

Licorice Alive! "Midnight Sun" by Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke and Johnny Mercer Abolish Rainbows!  Wind and Rain in the Mau Mau The Assassin in Chief goes "to the mattresses" A look back in anger... Mossadegh and the CIA dudes

Trump just fell into a neocon trap and made us all less safe. This is the war that hawks have been praying for... We go into the history of US meddling in Iran to explain why the this terrible situation is inevitable, and to counter the automated support for it on the right.

Iranian-American author and analyst Hooman Majd discusses a century of history marked by intervention and threats from major world powers. Beginning with Britain, Russia, and Germany battling for control of Iran’s oil, Majd and Jeremy Scahill discuss the CIA coup against Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953, the Islamic revolution, and the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 and how Washington has repeatedly tried to bring down the government of the Islamic Republic. The Intercept’s investigative series The Iran Cables offers historical insight into Iran’s operations in neighboring Iraq, which are informed by the bloody history of the Iran-Iraq War, the U.S. invasion, subsequent occupation, and the shattering of Iraqi society.

US war drums beat for Iran: but what drives politics inside the Islamic Republic? James Butler is joined by Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, author of ‘Revolution and its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran’, to discuss Iranian politics and history: from British and American imperialism and the coup against Mossadegh, to the political theology of the […]

  Dr. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford.      https://twitter.com/EskandarSadeghi/ Please send all comments and suggestions  to  eastisapodcast@gmail.com or reach us through Twitter https://twitter.com/east_podcast Podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

What's in the box?Loud, quiet and somewhere in between stuff from Bolivia, Argentina, Iran, Norway, Spain and elsewhere. Ambience, bassiness, glitchiness, guitars, samples and voices.Stuff you won't hear on a radio show.Direct DownloadTracklist: Konkrete Roots - Bandulu Brukout (dubphonic)Megahast3r - Miss Japan (Soisloscerdos) i's - 08 brown grass (w. jass williams)Fear of Heights - Waltz no 2 (Attenuation Circuit) Art Electronix - Your Own Worm - (MNMN Records) Frequency Decree - Kawaii (Nul Tiel Records) Moussaka - S kim si, gde siLiplug - Morgen holen wir dich - (PXrec)Dabit Vocem Austria - Entrance (Attenuation Circuit)Padang Food Tigers - Corn Stem King (Under the Spire)DLC - Altar (feat41v1l) (Cieliro Diystro) Imphepho & Akito Misaki - Burn (ft Minette Fourie) Saint Abdullah - Mossadegh's revenge for 52 (Boomarm Nation)Paperbark - Stakes is highWunderkammer - PapeboSentidos Alterados - Barrio ChinoShow us some love and share this far and wide.

Hey Folks, This one’s number twelve, and while we’re not done with Iran yet, number thirteen, Iran VIII and the very last Iran show, come hell or high water, is gonna be here in three weeks or less. I get into it a bit in the show, but time’s going to be tight over the … Continue reading Iran VII: The Revolution in Power →

Well, we finally made it. I thought I’d blow from the ancient Persian Empire straight through to the plot of Persepolis in one episode, but just like with Guatemala, things got away from me. This time, though, we’re getting to the coup in August 1953 and looking forward to its consequences as they echo down through Iranian … Continue reading Iran III: Guns of August →

  Here we are at Episode 7. Like I say in the cast, I thought we’d get farther down the road with this one, but podcasts are long and history’s longer, and we’ll have to wait until Episode 8 to get all the way to the coup. In the meanwhile, though, we’ve got the rise … Continue reading Iran II: Nationalization →

Hey everybody, we’re back from hiatus. I spent the fall studying for the LSAT and applying to law schools and scrounging enough cash to stay alive, so the show kind of fell by the wayside. That’s over with now, though, and this next series is set to come out pretty regular. We’re turning to Iran … Continue reading Iran I: Take Up the Burden →

On the August 22, 2013 edition of Tell Somebody, we hear from Malcolm Byrne, deputy director of the National Security Archive, about their release of recently desclassified documents on the 60th anniversary of the overthrow of Mohammed Mossadegh that are believed to be the first formal acknowledgement by the CIA of their role in the coup. In a segment recorded the day that whistleblower Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Bradley Manning, was sentenced to 35 years in prison, we hear from Nathan Fuller of the Bradley Manning support network.  The morning after this was recorded, Manning released a statement through her attorney that she wished to be known henceforth as Chelsea. In the final segment, as a deadline for hundreds, possibly thousands, of new low power FM radio stations rapidly approaches, we re-air a March, 2012 interview with Brandy Doyle of the Prometheus Radio Project about the potential of LPFM. This page and the podcast are produced and maintained by Tell Somebody and may or may not reflect the edition of the show broadcast on the radio. Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer. You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us Click here to "like" Tell Somebody on facebook. Follow Tell Somebody on twitter: @tellsomebodynow.

Iranian-American Moji Agha is on his  Mossadegh Awareness Begets American Nonviolence Tour, and we heard from him about on the August 15, 2013 edition of Tell Somebody This page and the podcast are produced and maintained by Tell Somebody and may or may not reflect the edition of the show broadcast on the radio. Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer. You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free,at the iTunes store or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us Click here to "like" Tell Somebody on facebook.   Follow Tell Somebody on twitter: @tellsomebodynow.

(January 8, 2013) Christopher de Bellaigue discusses his new book entitled Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh. In addition, he gives a brief introduction of modern Iranian history, explores the history of Muhammad Mossadegh, and describes the tragic Anglo-American coup of Iran.

Upon the Nov. 10 release of his latest book, "Hoodwinked," Bestselling Author John Perkins (Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Secret History of the American Empire) joins Carl Gibson to discuss the real reason for the global financial crisis, and steps we can do to make the world more sustainable and socially accountable.John Perkins was the former Chief Economist for the Chas T. Main Corporation, where he worked to convince heads of state in third world countries to accept massive loans and structural adjustment programs from international banking cartels like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and USAID.In his books, Perkins describes the clandestine process of how Economic Hit Men like him helped further what he calls a "global corporatocracy." If his efforts failed, the CIA's jackals would step and assassinate a leader or stage a coup d'etat. Several examples he cites are the assassinations of Mossadegh in Iran and Arbenz in Guatemala (1950s), Pincohet in Chile, Roldos in Ecuador, Torrijos and Noriega in Panama (1970s and 1980s) and numerous others. Perkins says if those steps fail, then the US sends in the military under the guise of "national security," like Panama in 1989, Afghanistan in 2001, and Iraq in 2003. Perkins himself says he was an agent of a global corporate empire until he realized what he was doing was not just nor sustainable, so he has since reformed himself and dedicated his work to getting the truth out.In this interview, he talks all about how what happened in 2008 in the United States is what has been happening for decades in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.Perkins' first majorly published book, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," stayed on the New York Times Bestseller list for 65 weeks. "Hoodwinked" is set to hit stores on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Don't miss this earth-shattering interview on a controversial subject public schools never taught us!

Upon the Nov. 10 release of his latest book, "Hoodwinked," Bestselling Author John Perkins (Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Secret History of the American Empire) joins Carl Gibson to discuss the real reason for the global financial crisis, and steps we can do to make the world more sustainable and socially accountable.John Perkins was the former Chief Economist for the Chas T. Main Corporation, where he worked to convince heads of state in third world countries to accept massive loans and structural adjustment programs from international banking cartels like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and USAID.In his books, Perkins describes the clandestine process of how Economic Hit Men like him helped further what he calls a "global corporatocracy." If his efforts failed, the CIA's jackals would step and assassinate a leader or stage a coup d'etat. Several examples he cites are the assassinations of Mossadegh in Iran and Arbenz in Guatemala (1950s), Pincohet in Chile, Roldos in Ecuador, Torrijos and Noriega in Panama (1970s and 1980s) and numerous others. Perkins says if those steps fail, then the US sends in the military under the guise of "national security," like Panama in 1989, Afghanistan in 2001, and Iraq in 2003. Perkins himself says he was an agent of a global corporate empire until he realized what he was doing was not just nor sustainable, so he has since reformed himself and dedicated his work to getting the truth out.In this interview, he talks all about how what happened in 2008 in the United States is what has been happening for decades in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.Perkins' first majorly published book, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," stayed on the New York Times Bestseller list for 65 weeks. "Hoodwinked" is set to hit stores on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Don't miss this earth-shattering interview on a controversial subject public schools never taught us!

Roundtablery of the bitchiest order returns! Aaron and Gavon go on at length (and it is a long, throbbing episode) about presidential primaries past and future, Glenn Beck's seeping rectum, and Sylvester Stallone's pivotal role in shaping human history. Here's a bonus for those that patiently kept the Punditocracy torch burning: Top 20 Iranian Provocations The U.S. Will Use As An Excuse To Bomb The Crap Out Of Them 1. Didn't answer Cheney's Myspace survey. 2. Thought "Juno" was overrated. 3. That whole removing-Mossadegh-and-installing-the-Shah thing? Never even sent a "Thank You" note. 4. Ate the last taquito. 5. Always picking Muqtada al-Sadr over Condi for kickball games. 6. Re-gifted weapons to North Korea by just scratching out "From, Reagan" on the card. 7. Never waterboarded any U.S. hostages, making us look like total dicks. 8. Aren't big on spooning. 9. Constantly smell like tahini. 10. Hate our freedom, especially when we try to spread it all over their face. 11. Are aggressively bearded. 12. Selfishly think their oil belongs to them. 13. Didn't even have the common decency to suicide bomb our warships. 14. Ahmadenijad drunkenly made a pass at Jenna Bush, then George H.W. Bush. 15. Suspended their nuclear enrichment program like a bunch of d-bags. 16. Never accepted our apology for all of those "Ayatollah Ass-a-hole-ah" t-shirts. That's just petty. 17. Insist on being brown. 18. Hello?!?! Executing the mentally retarded? That's our turf. Kindly stop frontin'. 19. Supplied IED technology to Iraqi insurgents-even though they didn't. Jerks. 20. Double dipping. Eww.

What is up with Iran?! The Tank Team investigates the controversial Middle Eastern nation. Why are US talking heads pondering war with Iran and what would be the consequences? What events in history lead to the Iran of today? What does the Iranian military look like? Learn why haboobs are so big in Iran! Tank Riot covers all this and more!