OK, this is a really long and detailed book, a memoir from a member of one of Iran's most elite families who was heavily involved both with politics and oil. If you want to understand the more about the politics of oil (and governments' meddling with it), this is the book to read. He helped to start OPEC.

This is the story of how the British government-majority owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now BP) f......d Iran at every opportunity. It is also the story of how that oil money changed Iran, American/British involvement, and how those changes led to the Shah's resignation and the Islamic Revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini.

It's a great story--told from the perspective of an aristocrat who while he plays with most elite leaders, repeatedly goes in and out of favor with the government. It is a detailed memoir, very long and may be too much for the reader just try to understand Iran's relationship with Britain/U.S.