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In the aftermath of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, we welcome back Theodore Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy Emeritus at MIT to give his expert technical assessment on where that assault leaves the Iranian nuclear program. Then, Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, gives us his analysis of the political side of the issue.Theodore Postol is Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy Emeritus in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. His expertise is in nuclear weapon systems, including submarine warfare, applications of nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defense, and ballistic missiles more generally.No one at that point after the attack could have known whether or not there was success of any kind, even if there was success. And I doubt there was any success.Theodore PostolThe Israelis have done everything in their power to create an internal argument among the political leadership in Iran to proceed to build a nuclear weapon so that this kind of thing won't happen again. So the Israeli grand strategy, if you want to call it that, shows no intelligence or thought of any kind.Theodore PostolTrita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and the co-founder and former President of the National Iranian American Council. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign policy, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has authored three books on US foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and Israel— Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States, A Single Roll of the Dice – Obama's Diplomacy with Iran, and Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy.Israel is not enhancing American power in the Middle East. Israel is consuming it.Trita Parsi, Executive VP of the Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftIf the (Iranian regime) were to collapse it would most likely be because there would be an internal coup. And the next regime would be coming from the very same regime. It would just be a much more aggressive and hardline.Trita Parsi20 Worst Recent Trump Headlines1. Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services (Apoorva Mandavilli, Margot Sanger-Katz and Jan Hoffman, New York Times, March 26, 2025)2. The EPA is canceling almost 800 environmental justice grants, court filing reveals (Maxine Joselow and Amudalat Ajasa, Washington Post, April 29, 2025)3. Trump's attack on federal unions a ‘test case' for broader assault, warn lawyers (Michael Sainato, The Guardian, 5/1/25)4. Trump fires all 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 5/9/25)5. Federal employee unions fight for survival as Trump tries to eviscerate them (Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5/11/25)6. Trump's DOJ agrees to let Boeing escape guilty plea. It was a deal victims' families didn't want. (Alexis Keenan, Yahoo Finance, 5/23/25)7. Trump made a promise not to touch Medicare. His megabill just broke it. (Alan L. Cohen, NBC, 5/23/25)8. Trump's safety research cuts heighten workplace risks, federal workers warn (Michael Sainato, The Guardian, 5/27/25)9. Provision in GOP budget bill puts millions at risk of losing SNAP benefits (Lisa Desjardins and Jackson Hudgins, PBS, 5/29/25)10. White House proposes shutting down chemical safety agency (Maxine Joselow Washington Post, 6/3/25)11. Trump tax bill would add $550 billion in interest payments to national debt (Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 6/5/25)12. RFK Jr. boots all members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee (Will Stone, NPR, 6/9/25)13. Vance, Rubio peddle fiction that 88 percent of foreign aid doesn't go overseas (Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 6/11/25)14. Trump's EPA plans to repeal climate pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants (Jeff Brady, NPR, 6/11/25)15. How Trump's assault on science is blinding America to climate change (Scott Waldman, E&E News, 6/16/2025)16. ‘Censorship:' See the National Park visitor responses after Trump requested help deleting ‘negative' signage (Government Executive Magazine, 6/18/25)17. Government drops cases against ‘predatory' financial firms (Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post, 6/20/25)18. 'Hell no, insane': A proposal for millions of acres of land under Trump's 'big, beautiful' bill sparks outrage (No Byline, Economic Times, 6/23/25)19. Under Trump's ‘Big, Beautiful Bill' child poverty will rise again (Arturo Baiocchi, Sacramento Bee, 6/23/25)20. Trump loves saying 'You're fired.' Now he's making it easier to fire federal workers (Andrea Hsu, NPR, 6/23/25)News 6/27/251. After a brutal initial barrage by the United States, followed by tit-for-tat exchanges between Israel and Iran, the U.S. is seeking to broker a ceasefire between the two states. On Truth Social, Trump posted “ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave' to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect!” Just hours after this however, Israel did in fact bomb targets in Tehran, per Reuters. Israel also claims to have intercepted missiles fired from Iran following the ceasefire agreement. In the wake of the initial attacks, journalist Séamus Malekafzali reported that the “Iranian communist party Tudeh and the Communist Party of Israel [Hadash] release[d] a joint statement condemning the Israeli war on Iran, saying Israel's intent is to make the region ‘bow down to [US] imperialism' and that the only solution is full nuclear disarmament in the Middle East.” Israel's nuclear capabilities are an open secret in Washington, with estimates that the country possess between 90 and 400 nuclear warheads.2. In Congress, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia has put forth a War Powers resolution in an attempt to check Trump's unilateral escalation in Iran. According to Newsweek, he expects to get Republican votes in the Senate. In the House, the effort is led by Reps. Ro Khanna and maverick Republican Thomas Massie, whom Trump has become so enraged with that he recently launched a PAC to oust him from his seat, per Axios. Meanwhile, AOC issued a statement reading, “The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers. He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, asked about AOC's impeachment comments, replied “No, no, that's a big threshold to cross,” per David Weigel.3. The escalation in Iran has exposed fissures in Trump's orbit. PBS reports major MAGA figures like Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor-Greene are openly opposed, while Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has reportedly drawn Trump's ire for a string of comments out of step with the administration's messaging, starting with a video earlier this month in which she accused “political elites and warmongers [of] carelessly fomenting fear and tension between nuclear powers,” per the Independent. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been iced out completely, according to the Washington Post.4. In more news concerning the administration, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) has published a new report, finding that “Stephen Miller…Trump's powerful deputy chief of staff and homeland security advisor…has a personal financial stake…[of] up to a quarter million dollars of stock in Palantir.” POGO describes Palantir, the shadowy tech company founded by rightwing tech oligarch Peter Thiel, as “woven into the operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and used by other federal agencies such as the Pentagon.” POGO and other experts see this as a glaring potential conflict of interest. In an almost darkly comedic twist, “Democratic lawmakers have recently sought information from Palantir, [but] they are in the minority and cannot compel the company to produce records. A person who could is Representative James Comer (R-KY), the chairman of the [House] oversight committee...However, Comer bought…Palantir stock the day after Trump's inauguration…his only stock trade that day.” Palantir is the second-best-performing S&P 500 stock in 2025, with shares up 74% year-to-date, per Business Insider.5. In a rare case of corruption actually being prosecuted, the New York Times reports former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez reported for his eleven-year prison sentence on June 17th. “After a nine-week trial in Manhattan, Mr. Menendez…became the only U.S. senator ever to be convicted of acting as an agent of a foreign government,” after taking part in a “yearslong bribery conspiracy” that included payoffs in the form of “kilo bars of gold, a Mercedes-Benz convertible and more than $480,000 in cash.” Menendez is now incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill, a medium-security federal prison in Minersville, Pennsylvania. He has been assigned the prisoner number 67277-050.6. In other news, POLITICO reports, “FICO plans to launch a suite of credit scores later this year that incorporate [Buy Now Pay Later or BNPL] data, providing lenders a window into…consumers' repayment behavior on these increasingly popular installment loans.” As BNPL data has not been included in credit reporting before, this has become known as “phantom debt…a gigantic black box…[and] largely unregulated.” This story notes that the Trump administration CFPB has “dropped planned enforcement of a Biden administration rule that would have treated BNPL providers like credit card companies,” subjecting this industry to daylight and financial regulation. The administration's abandonment of this rule mirrors their declassification of cryptocurrency as securities in order to skirt SEC oversight. Many questions remain over how exactly BNPL data will factor into consumers' credit scores, but many are bracing for this data to reveal a growing chasm of consumer debt underpinning the already shaky economic picture.7. Meanwhile Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and activist abducted by ICE on the eve of his son's birth – despite being a legal permanent resident – has finally been freed. Khalil was held in federal immigration detention in Louisiana for 104 days, per AP. Following his release, Khalil said “Justice prevailed, but it's very long overdue.” Khalil's legal battle will continue. Khalil stated in an interview with NPR, “My release is just the first step. The legal fight is still very, very long. The administration appealed the decision about my release, but we will prove our case – that what happened…was textbook retaliation against the First Amendment, that I was targeted because of speech the government did not like, and that there was nothing wrong with the speech I was engaged in. I want to make sure that everyone who contributed to my arrest will be held accountable.”8. Backlash to Trump's immigration policies is not confined to the political and legal realms either. Newsweek reports that the new Pope, Leo XIV, has “called for priests, deacons and parish leaders to accompany migrants to court and stand in solidarity with them.” This is an encouraging sign for those who hoped Leo would follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis. It also puts the new Pope at odds with more conservative American Catholics, such as Vice-President JD Vance who converted in adulthood. In May, Leo's brother John Prevost told New York Times that the new Pope, “has great, great desire to help the downtrodden and the disenfranchised, the people who are ignored.”9. In another immigration flashpoint, “A gang of masked federal agents swarmed, manhandled, and detained New York City Comptroller Brad Lander…as he sought to assist a defendant out of immigration court,” according to the American Prospect. The Prospect notes this arrest is “the latest instance of political violence against opposition party members, which has included the arrests of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver…the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan…and the brief detention of Sen. Alex Padilla.” Lander was released several hours after he was detained, when New York Governor Kathy Hochul showed up in person to demand his release. She called his arrest “b******t.” Later, in an interview with Joe Gallina, Lander said, “Courts tell undocumented immigrants their cases are ‘dismissed.' But what they really dismiss… is their asylum status. Then ICE grabs them. No lawyer. No warning.”10. Finally, 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani trounced disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, winning by a completely unforeseen seven-point landslide. Polls up to election day showed Cuomo winning, some by as much as 24 points. Mamdani, a state legislator since 2021, ran on a platform of affordability, including making city buses free, establishing city-owned grocery stores and freezing the rent for all stabilized tenants. This platform – paired with cogent messaging, an extraordinary grassroots organizing campaign and shrewd alliances with other progressive candidates like Brad Lander – won the day for Zohran. However, an air of uncertainty about November remains. Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams still plans to run for reelection as an independent and Cuomo hasn't ruled out doing the same, per the Hill. While many who endorsed or donated to Cuomo in the primary – some now openly admitting they merely did so out of fear of reprisal – have switched their allegiance to Mamdani, some are maintaining a hostile posture towards the presumptive Democratic nominee. There is no doubt this story will proceed in dramatic fashion.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.americanprestigepod.comDanny and Derek welcome back Greg Brew, analyst at Eurasia Group in energy and Iran, for a discussion of the 1953 ousting of then-prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh in Iran. They discuss the background of Iran's oil history starting with the 1901 D'Arcy Concession, Great Britain's interest in and control of the commodity, the Tudeh party, the Abadan Cris…

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the second episode in our four-part series. We begin in 1941 with the British-Soviet occupation of Iran, the ouster of Reza Shah and his replacement by his son, Mohammad Reza Shah. We continue with the rise of the Tudeh communist party, the nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Mohammad Mosaddegh's National Party coming to power, and the 1953 US-British coup that overthrew Mosaddegh and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Shah as dictator. His brutal reign continued until the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which is where we will pick up in episode three.Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDigCheck out The Sinking Middle Class by David Roediger haymarketbooks.org/books/1879-the-sinking-middle-class 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 second episode in our four-part series. We begin in 1941 with the British-Soviet occupation of Iran, the ouster of Reza Shah and his replacement by his son, Mohammad Reza Shah. We continue with the rise of the Tudeh communist party, the nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Mohammad Mosaddegh's National Party coming to power, and the 1953 US-British coup that overthrew Mosaddegh and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Shah as dictator. His brutal reign continued until the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which is where we will pick up in episode three. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out The Sinking Middle Class by David Roediger haymarketbooks.org/books/1879-the-sinking-middle-class

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.

İran'da, İngilizler tarafından işletilen petrol tesislerinde çalışan işçilerin köle standartlarındaki çalışma koşulları işçiler arasında 'sosyal demokrasi' düşüncesinin filizlenmesine neden oldu. Gitgide taraftar toplayan bu fikirlerin etkisiyle gelişen komünist oluşumlar İranlı komünistlerin bir araya gelerek Tudeh (Kitleler) Partisi kurmasıyla sonuçlandı. 'Gerici diktatörlüğe karşı özgürlükten yana tüm sınıf ve katmanların birleşik mücadelesi' sloganıyla resmî bir hüviyet kazanan partinin Pehlevi iktidarı sürecindeki faaliyetleri, 1953'te Muhammed Musaddık'ı iktidardan eden darbe karşısında tavrı, Şah'a karşı Humeyni'nin desteklenmesi, İran İslam Devrimi'nden sonra rakip görüğü sol grupların tasfiyesinde etkin rol alan partinin yeni rejimin son hedefi olarak tarih sahnesinden silinmesi; özetle İran komünistlerinin hikâyesi sizlerle.

Dr Homa Katouzian (Iran Heritage Foundation Research Fellow, St Antony's) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Stephanie Cronin (St Antony's College). Khalil Maleki (1901-1969) was a selfless campaigner for democracy and social welfare in twentieth-century Iran. His was a unique approach to politics, prioritising the criticism of policies detrimental to his country's development over the pursuit of power itself. An influential figure, he was at the centre of such formative events as the split of the communist Tudeh party, and the 1953 coup and its aftermath.In an age of intolerance and uncompromising confrontation, Maleki remained an indefatigable advocate for open discussion and peaceful reform - a stance that saw him jailed several times. This work makes a compelling case for him to be regarded among the foremost thinkers of his generation.

Nykyään katkera viha suurta saatanaa eli Yhdysvaltoja ja länttä kohtaan sekä antisemitismi ovat Iranin koossapitävät voimat. Mutta toisin oli aiemmin. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi nousi Iranin valtaistuimelle toisen maailmansodan aikana 1941 brittien ja neuvostoliittolaisten syrjäytettyä hänen natsimielisen isänsä vallasta. Iranin öljy oli länsimaille äärettömän tärkeä ja se piti länsimaiden teollisuuden rattaat pyörimässä. Varaa virheille ei ollut, ja shaahista tuli länsimaiden öljynsaannin korvaamaton takuumies. Britannian M16:sta ja Yhdysvaltojen CIA:sta tuli puolestaan shaahin vallan takuumiehiä lähes 40 vuodeksi. Shaahi oli viettänyt nuoruutensa vahvan äitinsä johtamana ja isäänsä peläten. Pelko oli eräs shaahia ohjaava voima. Tultuaan valtaan Reza Pahlavi oli idealisti. Shaahin tarkoitus oli tehdä Iranista johtava moderni länsimaalainen maailmanvaltio. Ei ainakaan itsevarmuutta ja kunnianhimoa nuorukaiselta puuttunut, mutta ehkä järkeä hivenen. Shaahi antoi kansalle toivon mutta vei sen itse. Iranin salainen palvelu SAVAK tukahdutti poliittiset vastalauseet kovin ottein ja tästä kidutus- ja murhakoneistosta tuli vallan säilymisen vahtikoira, ei niin kovin länsimainen tapa. Yritystä kuitenkin oli. Vuonna 1963 shaahi aloitti Iranissa niin sanotun valkoisen vallankumouksen, johon kuului paljon uudistuksia. Mm. huntupakko poistettiin ja naisille luvattiin tasa-arvo, naiset saivat äänestää, ajaa autoa ja käydä töissä. Naiset myös pääsivät ehdokkaiksi parlamenttivaaleihin. Näin shaahi sai lisänimen äijäfeministi. Iranin uudistusohjelmat kuitenkin epäonnistuivat, koska shaahin vastustajista yhdet syyttivät Irania demokratian puutteesta ja toiset perinteisen šiiapapiston syrjäyttämisestä uudistuksia tehtäessä. Shaahin kerrotaan valitelleen julkisesti, että kun en hoitanut asioita minua sanottiin playboyksi ja kun ryhdyin hoitamaan asioita minua sanottiin itsevaltaiseksi. Iranin nykyisen virallisen kannan mukaan shaahi oli homo ja länsimaissakin shaahia pidettiin vähintäänkin biseksuaalina, mutta tätä ei haluttu turhaan korostaa, koska Iran on muslimimaa. Shaahin voimakas länsimaalaistamispolitiikka ja Israelin tunnustaminen sai monelta iranilaiselta kupin nurin. Shaahi halusi saavuttaa nopeasti Ruotsin elintason ja olla itsevaltias modernissa länsimaisessa Iranissa. Shaahin mukaan vain diktatuuri pystyi takaaman länsimaalaisuuden. Niinpä shaahi rupesi pönkittämään asemaansa diktaattorimaisin ottein ja poliittinen oppositio tehtiin toimintakyvyttömäksi muun muassa lakkauttamalla kommunistinen Tudeh-puolue. Tehtiin myös maauudistus, metsien kansallistaminen ja teollisuuden voitot jaettiin osittain työntekijöille. Aikaisemmin teollisuuden omistus oli jaettu pääosaltaan yläluokille, joista tulikin sitten älyttömän rikkaita. Vuonna 1976 vähemmän kuin yksi prosentti väestöstä omisti 80 prosenttia kaikesta yksityisomaisuudesta Iranissa. Epäsuhta oli kestämätön. Shaahi lapioi rahaa omiin taskuihinsa ja shaahin tulonlähde oli jopa kolehti, jota kerättiin pyhiinvaelluspaikalla, jonka suojelija shaahi oli. Englantilainen lehtimies Robert Graham on onnistunut jäljittämään kolmen ja puolen sivun mittaisen listan Pahlevi-säätiön omistamista osakkeista, joille arvoa kertyi likimain 3 miljardia dollaria. Totuutta Iranin korruptiosta on kuitenkin vaikea sanoa, sillä perinteisesti Lähi-idän monarkioissa on ollut vain vähän eroa hallitsijan ja kansakunnan aarteiden välillä. Shaahin motto oli, että jos totuuden puhuminen on vaarallista, sen puolustaminen on uhkarohkeaa. Shaahi puhui niin kuin eli. Väestön pitämiseksi kurissa tarvittiin uudenaikainen kalusto armeijalle ja siihen tuhlattiinkin rahaa valtavat määrät, samaan aikaan kun maanviljelys oli kuokka-asteella ja maaseudulta tapahtui valtaisa pako. Shaahi, jonka sanotaan katsoneen paljon televisiota ja pääosin täyttä roskaa - länkkäreitä, salapoliisielokuvia ja huonoja romansseja, ei kyennyt näkemään ruudun takaa kuinka syvästi kansalaiset vihasivat korruptiota ja poliisiterroria, kuinka vakavasti länsimaistuminen uhkasi islamilaisia perinteitä, kuinka paljon keskiluokka, johon hän oli kohdistanut toiveensa, kaipasi poliittista ilmaisunvapautta ja aineellista vaurautta. Shaahi oli rakentanut ympärilleen muurin, jonka yli hän ei kyennyt näkemään. Shaahista oli tullut M16:ta ja CIA:n tukema despootti operettikeisari ja länsimaat kompastuivat omaan ahneuteensa, kertoo Israelin Ystävät ry:n toiminnanjohtaja ja Shalom-lehden päätoimittaja Ilkka Vakkuri. Toimittajana Raimo Tyykiluoto. Kuva: YLE

This week Mossadeq rises to the top of Iranian politics, and challenges both the Shah, Britain and America, which leads to his downfall in a 1953 coup.

This week we return to Iran to look at the build up to the Islamic revolution. We begin by looking at post-occupation Iran and the rise of Mossadeq.