Revolution in Iran: Rise of the Ayatollah (TRIH ep 637, part 2)

1978 · Resource

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the climactic months of the Iranian Revolution (late 1978–early 1979). Using archival audio of Ayatollah Khomeini and contemporary reportage, they explain how mass protests, the clerical doctrine of velayat-e faqih and events such as the Cinema Rex fire accelerated the collapse of the Shah's regime.