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
debunks myths about the Shah’s government
What myths? The Shah was supported by the US and UK. The CIA orchestrated the 1953 coup where they overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister Mossadegh to give power to the Shah. The Shah was then overthrown in the 1979 Islamic revolution.
CIA declassified documents which show it was directly responsible for planning and orchestrating the 1953 coup: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB435/
Raya Dunayevskaya and Marxist-Humanists in general have good takes on the Iranian revolution:
https://newsandletters.org/from-the-writings-of-raya-dunayevskaya-contradictions-in-iranian-revolution/
https://newsandletters.org/from-the-writings-of-raya-dunayevskaya-iran-unfoldment-of-and-contradictions-in-revolution-parts-iii-and-iv/
https://www.marxists.org/archive/dunayevskaya/works/1979/iran-revolution.htm
https://www.marxists.org/archive/dunayevskaya/works/1981/iran.htmspoiler
(Might get flak for this cause Raya/JFT/Marxist-Humanists are “Western Marxists”, but whatever, I like her)
