Iran Between Two Coup d'etat

The present book briefly reports the political, social, cultural and economic developments in Iran from the coup d'état of 3 Esfand 1299 and the rise of Reza Khan to the oil nationalization movement and the coup d'état of 28 Mordad 1332.The main topics of this book include: the reason and the way of occurrence of coup d'état of 3 Esfand 1299 and its results and effects up to the reign of Reza Khan and the establishment of the Pahlavi dynasty; Reforms during the reign of Reza Shah and intellectual, literary and artistic developments of that period; Iran's political relations with foreign countries during the Reza Shah period; World War II and the role and position of Iran in it; How Reza Shah fell and other consequences of the Allied occupation of Iran; Developments in Iran in the 1920s and the successive visits of governments; The crisis in Azerbaijan and Kurdistan and the oil issue in the north; How the movement for the nationalization of Iran's oil industry originated and finally until the fall of Mossadegh's national government with the coup d'état of 28 August. Due to the educational approach of the book, the author has introduced the most important sources and related studies to the reader everywhere and about each of the above topics, while presenting different views and opinions.