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Episode 72 - The Modern History of Iran | Roy Casagranda | UNAPOLOGETIC
Season 1
Episode 72
Published 7 months, 1 week ago
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In this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC, Dr. Roy Casagranda unpacks 125 years of Iranian history - from the 1901 oil concession and the fall of the Qajar dynasty, to the rise of the Pahlavis, the 1953 CIA-backed coup, the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iran–Iraq War, and the emergence of the IRGC, the reform movement in Iran and the JCPOA.
He then connects this history to the present moment - where a US-Israel war on Iran threatens to escalate into a much wider far-reaching war.