john r stanton

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john r stanton @dcbigjohn

There’s a lot to it’s brief history, but suffice it to say it was very much a nationalist movement. But unlike western nationalism, it wasn’t oriented towards holding down or exterminating minorities. It focused on a common goal amongst disparate ideologies - retaking Iran ... — PolitiTweet.org

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They were very, very Iranian-centric, arguing iranians should control their destiny, their politics, their resources, and be the prime beneficiaries of those things. Technically not anti-monarchy, they also called for limiting the shahs power. TLDR it was “people” oriented — PolitiTweet.org

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from colonial powers, on rebalancing power and wealth to benefit the oppressed. And it was immensely popular: in 1951 Mossaddegh became Prime Minister. And although they broke the British stranglehold on Iran’s oil, in 53 the US overthrew his government — PolitiTweet.org

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