Jacques and Jennifer continue discussion about the current conflict centred on Iran, to offer a fuller historical and geopolitical context than provided in dominant narratives and the mainstream media.

What is clear is that much of the blame belongs to the interference of self-interested western powers, namely the US and Britain. 

Scott Burchill 24/06/2025 Regime change and blowback in Iran in Pearls and Irritations

https://avigail.substack.com/p/lies-lies-and-more-lies?utm_source=post-e...

All the Shah�s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, by Stephen Kinzer. John Wiley and Sons, 2003

Review Essay of Stephen Kinzer's All the Shah's Men, Masoud Kazemzadeh, Ph.D.

MIDDLE EAST POLICY, VOL. XI, NO. 4, WINTER 2004
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07/the-time-has-arrived-for-a-comprehe... Jeffrey Sachs and Sybill Fares