I’d like something that goes over the American interference in the region, debunks myths about the Shah’s government (for example, I’ve seen people here mention that only the wealthy dressed like westerners) and explains how the Iranian revolution happened.
Is Targeting Iran any good? I know Chomsky has some shit takes but he usually does a good job dismantling US narrative & propaganda
Not sure when those pictures are from; if I were to venture a guess, I’d say they’re from the post-coup era. Mossadegh’s “crime” was that he dared to nationalise Iran’s oil. This angered the Americans and Brits. I assume that after the coup, the Shah instituted social reforms to appease the well-off Iranians, and to show the Western world how progessive he/they are, while he sold the control of Iran’s natural resources to Western petroleum companies.