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Oil and the Killing of the American Consul in Tehran (Paperback, annotated edition)
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Oil and the Killing of the American Consul in Tehran (Paperback, annotated edition)
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In the wake of World War I, British attempts to exclude American
oil companies from Iraq and Persia caused serious strains in
Anglo-American relations. In May 1921 an 'oil entente' was reached
that granted American oil companies an 'open door' and 'equal
opportunity' in Iraq, and in return America acknowledged British
domination of Persia and monopoly of its oil. This entente was soon
tested when Persians gave an oil concession to the Sinclair Oil
Company of New York and tried to rid themselves of the recently
installed Pahlavi dictatorship. It was in the midst of this unrest,
in May of 1924, that American Vice-Consul Robert Imbrie arrived in
Tehran. Almost immediately after his arrival, Imbrie began sending
reports to Washington that were highly critical of the British
policies in Persia. On July 18, 1924, Imbrie was brutally murdered
in Tehran, supposedly by a mob of religious fanatics. To save face
and avoid international complications, the U.S. government accepted
the Persian government's version of the killing. In this detailed
examination of Anglo-American, American-Persian, and Anglo-Persian
relations, author Mohammad Gholi Majd argues that Imbrie was in
fact the victim of a conspiracy. Using records of the U.S.
Department of State, this text examines how the murder enabled
Britain to maintain its monopoly of Persian oil and further
consolidate the Pahlavi dictatorship. The killing of Imbrie
ultimately facilitated the consummation of the Anglo-American oil
entente.
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