Iranian Odyssey

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The West’s attitudes toward Iran 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 fought against a virtual alliance of foreign and domestic enemies; a struggle which culminated in a coup d’état by the CIA in August 1953. More than 60 years 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, Great Britain, and the United States as well as never before seen archival material, we tell the gripping story of the rise and fall of Mossadegh.