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Empire: World History
The book was published just the week before the episode recording and discussed the events leading up to the Iranian revolution.
And once again, we are joined by the fabulous Ali Ansari Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of St. Andrew's author of many books, including his new book, Iran, published just last week, an...
— Episode: 120. The Iranian Revolution: The Rise of...
Episode: 120. The Iranian Revolution: The Rise of Ayatollah...
The book was published just the week before the episode recording and discussed the events leading up to the Iranian revolution.
And once again, we are joined by the fabulous Ali Ansari Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of St. Andrew's author of many books, including his new book, Iran, published just last week, and is just providing so much fodder for our conversation. And we are discussing the run up to the Iranian revolution.
And then in 1971, of course, he holds his great bash in Persepolis, celebrating two and a half thousand years of Persian monarchy. And just to remind us that this is an empire, when he does the invitations, it's Ali Salassi, the only other emperor around, who gets a seat at the top table with the Shah, and everyone else, including presidents, her way down the scale, which is why the American president wasn't going to come.