OIL, POWER AND REVOLUTION: HOW A 1950s COUP STILL SHAPES IRAN TODAY In the early 1950s, Iran had something rare in the region a democratically elected leader. That man was Mohammad Mosaddegh, a reformist prime minister backed by popular support and a parliament that sought greater control over the nation’s vast oil wealth. But his […] The post OIL, POWER AND REVOLUTION: HOW A 1950s COUP STILL SHAPES IRAN TODAY first appeared on The Zambian Observer .