Adam Shatz reviews ‘Days of God’ by James Buchan · LRB 25 April 2013
▻http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n08/adam-shatz/a-little-feu-de-joie
Buchan concludes his book with the hope that Iran will prove less stubborn than he believes it was in 1953, when Mossadegh was removed from power for taking on the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. But Khamenei and his colleagues may draw a different lesson from the events of 1953, especially if they are of a mind to compare the fate of Gaddafi, who ended his nuclear programme, with that of the North Korean regime, which did not. They may be devout Shia, but that does not mean they wish to become martyrs.