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Jack Taylor is a social and economic researcher and trade unionist.
70 years ago today, Mohammed Mossadegh was overthrown for wanting Iran’s oil to be in the hands of its people. The coup was organised by BP, the CIA, and the British state – which still refuses to discuss its role to this day.
As the Second World War came to a close, the rise of Iran’s workers’ movement posed a growing threat to British capital – so a Labour government set about crushing it for a generation.