– Just how important is Iran? – There is a great reserve of oil in that area and we’re interested in oil reserves. And if Iran should go through a revolution or a foreign country should take over Iran it’s …
“Could You Give Us an Idea, Dr. Hayden, of How Backward Iran Is?” Read more »
An older interview on Democracy Now on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the coup. Note the different readings offered by Kinzer and Abrahamian. Kinzer’s is an action film scenario complete with a “fantastic cast of characters in the …
Liberal vs critical: Stephen Kinzer and Ervand Abrahamian (Democracy Now, 2003) Read more »
Bleow is a very enlightening lecture by Ervand Abrahamian who is a foremost authority on the coup. His book Coup: 1953, CIA and the Roots of Modern US-Iranian Relations has just been published. Abrahamian refutes claims made by liberal US …