Iran Interrupted: Mossadegh, the Shah, Khomeini and the U.S. Press

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Journalism has often been called the first rough draft of history.  If at all true, then American press coverage of Iran, which began in earnest 70 years ago, has never gotten past the incomplete, uninformed and inaccurate first draft version.   Both Iranians and Americans have been victims of a distorted draft; distortions that have basically remained unchanged More 1

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org 4 and was authored by M. Reza Behnam.

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