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Iran – A Revolutionary State |
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These documentaries produced for the BBC World Service by distinguished journalist John Tusa look at the origins of modern-day Iran, a nation that has withstood three revolutions within the past century. | |
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We trace Iran’s history from the 1953 coup that installed the Western-backed Mohammed Reza Shah - the last Shah of Iran - to his overthrow in 1979. We track the rise of Iran’s clergy, and of Ayatollah Khomeini, who inspired the 1979 Revolution that ended 2500 years of dynastical rule. |
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The BBC’s John Tusa examines the huge cultural shifts that took place under Iran’s theocracy. He looks at how Iran’s war with Iraq and the U.S. hostage crisis have affected Iranians and their dealings with the outside world. . |
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| Click here to listen to another BBC World Service documentary by John Tusa on Iran. In this program, he revisits Iran’s 1906 Constitutional Revolution, which propelled the nation out of corrupt dynastical rule. | ||||||||
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| THE CHANGING WORLD is the sister documentary series of PRI's The World. Each week, we offer American radio listeners two in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world. |
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