- Podcast
- 3 days ago
With British warships looming off Abadan and an economic war squeezing Iran, Britain drags the oil dispute before the United Nations, and Mosaddegh crosses the ocean to fight it himself.
- Podcast
- 6 months ago
As pressure builds and compromise collapses, Mohammad Mosaddegh leads a united nation towards oil nationalization.
- Podcast
- 7 months ago
When a deadly strike erupts and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company refuses to yield, a veteran constitutionalist steps forward to fight for control of the nation’s oil.
- Podcast
- 7 months ago
As Cold War tensions rise, Iran and the United States become unlikely allies. After surviving an assassination attempt, Mohammad Reza Shah moves to consolidate power and reshape Iran’s political order.
- Podcast
- 8 months ago
In the aftermath of World War II, the Soviet-backed Azerbaijan Democratic Party rises in northern Iran, testing the country’s unity in one of the first crises of the Cold War.
- Podcast
- 8 months ago
After Reza Shah’s abdication, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi takes the throne. As Iran reels from the Anglo-Soviet invasion, Allied leaders gather in Tehran.
- Podcast
- 9 months ago
Iran’s oil nationalization, the rise of Mohammad Mosaddegh, and the CIA coup that removed him. Listen to book three on Jan. 28!