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Iran ’53: The coup that changed the Middle East

When Iran’s elected prime minister, Mohammed Mossaddegh tried to nationalise oil, Britain and the US helped overthrow him. Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi traces how covert interventions continue to shape the region

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Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi is the author of The Long War on Iran: New Events, Old Questions (OR Books)

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