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Iran: Oil, Power and Protest - Part Two: The Road to Revolution

Iran: Oil, Power and Protest - Part Two: The Road to Revolution

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In Part Two of our four-part series on modern Iran, we move from
the oil boom years of the 1970s to the collapse of the Shah’s
regime and the birth of the Islamic Republic. Fueled by soaring oil
prices, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi appeared stronger than ever.
Tehran was transforming into a modern global capital, the military
was expanding at breakneck speed, and Iran had become one of
America’s most important allies in the Middle East. But beneath the
surface, anger was building. Historian Roham Alvandi from the
London School of Economics and Political Science joins Hostile
History as we travel back in time to chart what happened after the
monarchy lost control and revolution set in.