Petro, Maduro and Iran – regime change en route to Colombia?
Gavin O’Reilly Gustavo Petro’s victory in Sunday’s Colombian Presidential election, marking the first time Bogotá has elected a left-wing head of state, was not the only far-reaching geopolitical event...
The Sword of Damocles Over Western Europe
In Part 1, we left off in our story at the SIS-CIA overthrow of Iran’s Nationalist leader Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953. At this point the Shah was able to...
To Understand Iran’s 150-Year Fight, Follow the Trail of Blood and Oil
What if I were to tell you that once there was a time when Iran and the U.S. had good relations and that the U.S. was in fact the...
Three (or Four) New Reads – January
Philip Roddis The Roaring Twenties began with a bang. Whatever else the decade may bring, chronologers will look back on its opening fortnight as momentous. The tone was set...
The US Wants to Bring Back the Shah of Iran
The US had a great deal going from 1953 to 1979 with the Shah of Iran. For 25 years Iran was a cornerstone of the US usurping the...
