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An Iranian Odyssey, 52 minutes, 2009 (Ref:
730) |
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The Fall of the Shah can
be traced back to 1951 when Iranian Prime Minister
Mohammad Mossadegh tried to end British domination
of Iran. Mossadegh nationalized Iranian oil which
had been monopolized by a single British company,
BP, for more than 40 years. Mossadegh had to fight
against a virtual alliance of foreign and domestic
enemies. They undermined him in a struggle for power
and control of oil. A struggle which culminated in a
coup d’etat plotted and carried out by the CIA in
August 1953. More than five decades later it is
impossible to understand Iran without understanding
Mossadegh’s victories and failures. Through
exclusive access to eye-witnesses and the characters
of the story in Iran, UK and the US as well as never
before seen archival material we tell the gripping
story of the rise and fall of Mossadegh.
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