Nicolas Gorjestani, a former World Bank senior official, grew up in Iran and has firsthand memories of the 1953 coup as a child. He is the author of the two-volume books Ahead of Their Time: The Legacies of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and Zviad Gamsakhurdia in Georgia (2021).

March 3, 2022 • 10:00 AM
Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies (Stanford)

Length: 115 minutes (48 minute lecture, followed by 26 minute Q&A)

“The Legacy of Mohammad Mosaddegh” Book Talk with Nicolas Gorjestani

February 24, 2022 • 2:00 PM
UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture (University of California, Irvine)

Moderator: Touraj Daryaee

Length: 133 minutes (58 minute lecture, followed by 35 minute Q&A)

“The Legacy of Mohammad Mosaddegh” Book Talk with Nicolas Gorjestani

May 10, 2022
Iranian Cultural Association (Washington, DC)

Length: 2 hours and 29 minutes (English and Persian)

Uprising or Coup?

August 22, 2023
Channel One TV

Nicolas Gorjestani and Prof. Hamid Akbari

Moderator: Bijan Mehr (National Front)

Length: 49 minutes (Persian)

Mossadegh and His Philosophy

April 4, 2024
Jebhe Melli

Moderator: Dr. Pourya Motahari (National Front)

Length: 54 minutes (Persian)