WI: Mossadegh not deposed in 1953

[Hendryk]

Mohammad Mossadegh (1882-1967), a fellow alumnus of my alma mater the Institute of Political Studies, became Prime Minister of Iran in 1951. He swiftly proceeded to nationalize the oil industry, incurring the wrath of British and US oil companies. He was deposed in 1953 and the Shah's regime became henceforth a pliable pawn of Western powers until, having become terminally unpopular, it was replaced with an Islamic republic.
Can someone find a POD that would enable him to stay in charge, and offer some speculation as to where Iran would be today?

 

[Michael B]

The Shah's regime became henceforth a pliable pawn of Western powers until, having become terminally unpopular, it was replaced with an Islamic republic.

I don't entirely agree with this. The shah managed to breakfree of his Western backers during if not before the First Oil Crisis. Money can give you a lot of power.

Can someone find a POD that would enable him to stay in charge, and offer some speculation as to where Iran would be today?

1) If Mossadegh could avoid antagonising the major oil companies there would have been less incentive for the West to depose him. He could have then gradually eased the Shah out and become head of state instead, a sort of Persian Mubarak (current head of Egypt).

2) The Shah's plane crashes as he flees the country killing all on board. Without an obvious figurehead to form around the monachists do not organise a coup and thus Mossadegh is left in power. Go to 1 above.

 

[Glen]

Mohammad Mossadegh (1882-1967), a fellow alumnus of my alma mater the Institute of Political Studies, became Prime Minister of Iran in 1951. He swiftly proceeded to nationalize the oil industry, incurring the wrath of British and US oil companies. He was deposed in 1953 and the Shah's regime became henceforth a pliable pawn of Western powers until, having become terminally unpopular, it was replaced with an Islamic republic.
Can someone find a POD that would enable him to stay in charge, and offer some speculation as to where Iran would be today?

Hey, Hendryk! p99 submitted for the Weimar Republic Survives timeline having Mossadegh stay in power, in part due to the multipolar nature of the 1950s Weimar World.

 

[wkwillis]

Mohammad Mossadegh (1882-1967), a fellow alumnus of my alma mater the Institute of Political Studies, became Prime Minister of Iran in 1951. He swiftly proceeded to nationalize the oil industry, incurring the wrath of British and US oil companies. He was deposed in 1953 and the Shah's regime became henceforth a pliable pawn of Western powers until, having become terminally unpopular, it was replaced with an Islamic republic.
Can someone find a POD that would enable him to stay in charge, and offer some speculation as to where Iran would be today?

Wallace as VP instead of Truman in 1944. We miss out on all the Cold War stuff where we overthrow socialist democracies and replace them with corrupt dictatorships.

 

[Wendell]

Wallace as VP instead of Truman in 1944. We miss out on all the Cold War stuff where we overthrow socialist democracies and replace them with corrupt dictatorships.

We also miss out on most of U.S. domestic history after 1950, as Stalin's troops are occupying Washington by 1949