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The chapter focuses on the changing depictions of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq (1951–53) and his fall on the 19th August 1953/28 Mordad 1332. It explores how textbooks from 1960 to 1979 constructed the narrative of resurrection portraying him as a threat not only against the monarch(y) but the very existence of Iran and the Iranian nation. It will then investigate the disintegration of this narrative, in the revolutionary 1978–9. It argues that the Islamic Republic inherited a contentious history that offered it immense narrative opportunities to use and abuse, while imposing threats to its myth of emancipation. Conversely, the Coup of 1953 cements the foundational myth of victimhood. Situated in the politics of 2009’s Green Movement against the so called ‘re-election’ of Mahamoud Ahmadinejad as president, the chapter reflects on the myth of ‘us the victims’ and the political purpose it serves.

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Mosaddeq in the Words of the State: From the Pahlavi to the Islamic Republic

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    2026年

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  • Yasamin Alkhansa

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The chapter focuses on the changing depictions of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq (1951–53) and his fall on the 19th August 1953/28 Mordad 1332. It explores how textbooks from 1960 to 1979 constructed the narrative of resurrection portraying him as a threat not only against the monarch(y) but the very existence of Iran and the Iranian nation. It will then investigate the disintegration of this narrative, in the revolutionary 1978–9. It argues that the Islamic Republic inherited a contentious history that offered it immense narrative opportunities to use and abuse, while imposing threats to its myth of emancipation. Conversely, the Coup of 1953 cements the foundational myth of victimhood. Situated in the politics of 2009’s Green Movement against the so called ‘re-election’ of Mahamoud Ahmadinejad as president, the chapter reflects on the myth of ‘us the victims’ and the political purpose it serves.