The CIA Guide to Iran: The Past, Present, and Future of Us-Iran Diplomacy, Intelligence, and Relations, Kiriakou John, Porter Gareth

Against the background of Irans encounters with heavy-handed British and Russian imperialist control over its resources, this book shows how the U.S. began its encounter with Iran by clearly siding with British imperialism against Iranian aspirations for control over its oil in its 1953 overthrow of the Mossadegh government, then proceeded to actively support the Saddam Hussein regimes horrific chemical war against Iran.

The book shows how a parade of politically-motivated false narratives have taken U.S. Iran policy progressively farther from reality for three decades and have now brought the United States to the brink of war with Iran. It explains how Donald Trumps trashing of the the nuclear deal with Iran and seeking to cut off Irans oil exports creates a very high risk of such a war, demanding major public debate about changing course.