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“Andrew Scott Cooper describes a telephone call that Saddam Hussein placed to the Shah in August 1978 in The Fall of Heaven”

Analyzed on 2026-11-01T01:42:35+00:00 · Last updated 2026-11-01

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In a wonderfully rich account of the Pahlavi regime’s collapse, “The Fall of Heaven” (2016), Andrew Scott Cooper describes a telephone call that Iraq’s President, Saddam Hussein, placed to the Shah in August, 1978.

Extracted from: The Iranian Revolution Almost Didn’t Happen , The New Yorker

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The New Yorker newyorker.com credibility 0.85 Supports

“In a wonderfully rich account of the Pahlavi regime’s collapse, “The Fall of Heaven” (2016), Andrew Scott Cooper describes a telephone call that Iraq’s President, Saddam Hussein, placed to the Shah in August, 1978.”

The Iranian Revolution Almost Didn’t Happen

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Claim ID CLM-C1D290CF
Slug andrew-scott-cooper-describes-a-telephone-call-that-saddam-h-c1d290cf
Origin newyorker.com
Captured 258 d ago
Velocity 0.0/hr
Bias 0.00
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