One reads and hears so many times that Iran was on the path to democracy until a CIA coup installed the Shah in 1953. It turns out that account is quite wrong, as is detailed by Simon Sebag Montefiore: As his support in the Majlis ebbed, Mosaddegh demanded autocratic powers. Both the shah and Majlis…
Was Mossadegh a liberal, democratizing force?
Was Mossadegh a liberal, democratizing force?
07 Nov 2026 Leave a comment
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