[Ben Ficklin]

I think they call him a nationalist because he nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.

As for socialism, the original Anglo Persian Oil Co was a socialist company because the British Govt owned it or most of it

[Olog-hai]

That was a socialist move rather than nationalist.

APOC, an ancestor of BP, did not have 51% ownership by the UK treasury for most of its existence FWICS. And the politics of war dominated the region for a long time.