TY - BOOK AU - Rahnema ,Ali TI - The Economic Modernisation Of Iran 1953 -1968: Architects, Agents, And Unwitting Thwarters. SN - 9781836430988 U1 - 955.053 RAH PY - 2025/// CY - England PB - Oneworld Academic N2 - In 1953, Iran was at loggerheads with the US and UK, after Prime Minister Mossadeq nationalised Iran’s oil reserves. By 1968, under the autocratic rule of the Shah, Iran was a booming export economy, benefiting from high oil prices and consumer demand. It had unambiguously become a modern industrial economy. Sifting through primary and secondary sources, Ali Rahnema charts Iran’s progress in this vital fifteen-year period. He asks, who can claim the credit? And who bears the blame for its critical failures? ER -