I feel so fortunate, that I can just go on youtube, watch a video and get smarter. I have always considered myself a bit of a history nerd, but I have so many holes in my knowledge. Many thanks for sharing stuff like this.
This was some of the most complete unbiased reporting I have ever seen. I have never said that before and may never say it again. An excellent historical documentation.
Ya it's weird, I don't know why Islam and the clerics still have so much power and influence in Iran. I think it has to do more with hating foreign influence and manipulation rather than actually wanting to live in a theocratic state. People are willing to be subjugated by the clerics instead of the US and their allies I guess.
Did you not watch the doc?! Iran was never free and prosperous under him. the lower and lower middle class people suffered massively. There’s a reason why these Persians wanted him gone. But I agree that they should be free from the horrible Shia regime they are under.
@Tom-kk4tmYou fail to understand the geopolitics of the time. Soviets with their Tudeh Party were a threat to Iran. The root cause of the problem was the Shah's suppression of political freedom after his rule was established.
@Tom-kk4tm You just repeated yourself! Go and read a decent article on the subject to understand the geopolitics of the time. It is the favourite narrative of the Left to blame all the problems of Iran on the 1953 coup.
Actuality I heard a story of prominent general who lobbied Shah against executing Khomeini, but after Khomeini came to power that general was one of the first to be executed.
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
I knew an Iranian woman from the time of the Shah very well. She was smart, independent and beautiful. She represented the future of Iran with dignity and respect. All that has been lost to a sect of religious zealots who care more about being Muslims than being humans.
You definitely don't know any Iranian women 😂 the old government was very corrupted back then and people starved ,while the the shah was living luxurious life ,away from the poor villages
Interesting story for you. There was a Iranian boy that came to the US in 1980 with his parents. He was a super good student, went to UCLA, then to UC Davis medical school. Then he became a cardiologist. Last year, that man saved my father's life by doing a triple heart bypass. I feel terrible that the Iranian people ever had that revolution. But I thank God for Dr. Reza Ghasemi, and that his family decided to leave Iran and come to the US😊
They need to know what they truly want some want modernism and freedom others want to practice Islam as it is presented by the Koran. But the younger generation will eventually become the deciding factor once the former younger generation who is in control will eventually fade away.
My father is from Iran. He left a few years before the revolution for college in NYC. 1979 comes and his plans to go back to Iran are gone and he helps the rest of his family escape Iran! My dad met my mom here in America and he and his family have not ever been back to Iran since. Always interesting to learn about this time
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
Timeline doesn't make videos or documentaries. They bulk buy old shows from tv stations who made them long ago, and are now selling rights to show them.
Poor people like you, that they think, are seeing a rell report of history, and what relay happed on (1979) #OccupiedIran . (revelation?!😄) Viva #KingRezaPahlavi 2583y👍
all those people pre 1979 looked very well clothed and well fed, Iran looked to be a very stable economic country. Instead they chose the man with a diaper on his head.
Trading down to a theocracy was the worst of all options. Too often in the 20th century, dynasties were overthrown and the common folk suffered the most, whether it be the Qing, Hohenzollerns, Habsburgs or Romanovs. Choose wisely.
Different religion but the same race still Persian to this day unlike Egypt Syria or even Iraq who lost their identity due to majority of arabs breed with them and became arabs
And if Shah was still in power, there would be rainbow flags on every mosque in Iran. Promoting bikini clad women was a bit much at the time. The starving religious poor didn't like that. If the Islamic Republic would ease their religious policing, and let women show they tresses, great things can happen for the entire region.
@@SPower-yl9ww "rainbow flags on every mosque in Iran." How many rainbow flags are there in ur churches and hindu temples. Just try not to open ur mouth unnecessarily.
simple ,easy documentary! I watched it after reading Masoumeh Ebtekar’s book “takeover in Tehran”. Now I can say I have a better understanding of the situation.
We all need to learn from this. I wonder how many of these men we supported the move towards religious rule in Iran have grown to regret that decision. Uplifting and worshipping a man who has extremist tendencies never worked out of any country throughout history. Ever.
All in the name of fighting back Communism, but this Documentary doesn't go into details. Sad to see this Documentary not be honest and show us the real deal.
The timing is not crazy, Iran has been a relevant topic to cover since the war in Israël. This video was probably on the backlog to be released but scheduled it forward due to the death of the president.
I would love to visit Iran one day, the persian culture is simply amazing and holds so much history. I hope that one day, you'll free your country from the grip of the extremists. Much love from Sweden.
As an Iranian born 1987 I never forgive the people brought us this murders and terrorism rejime We had such a good life look at us now Look how the world treat us I don’t blame them because they think of what they see and what they hear
It's important to note that perceptions of political leaders can vary widely among different groups of people and over time. While many people viewed the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as a bad ruler for the reasons mentioned earlier, there were also those who supported him for various reasons: 1. **Modernization Efforts**: The Shah initiated ambitious modernization programs that aimed to rapidly develop Iran's economy, infrastructure, and education system. 2. **Women's Rights**: The Shah's regime implemented progressive reforms that granted women more rights and opportunities, such as the right to vote and access to education and employment. 3. **Stability and Security**: Some Iranians appreciated the relative stability and security provided by the Shah's authoritarian rule, especially in contrast to the chaos and uncertainty that followed the Iranian Revolution. On the other hand, some people dislike the leaders who came after the Shah for several reasons: 1. **Islamic Rule**: The new government established after the revolution implemented strict Islamic laws and restrictions, which some viewed as oppressive and regressive. 2. **Political Repression**: The post-revolutionary leadership, particularly under Ayatollah Khomeini, was accused of cracking down on dissent and limiting democratic freedoms. 3. **Economic Hardships**: The new government struggled to address economic challenges, leading to inflation, unemployment, and other hardships for many Iranians. These factors have contributed to mixed opinions about both the Shah and the leaders who came after him, with different segments of the population holding divergent views based on their experiences and perspectives.
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
14 years only reading one book and his own books that says alot sounds like someone interested in their own beliefs more than anything else in the world FREEDOM TO IRAN
I watched the revolution in 1979 and hoped the Iranian people would find freedom. It only took a few weeks to realize that they had swapped one dictator for another. I hope they/you find freedom.
@@muazkhan538 When the prime minister was killed in a helicopter people lit fireworks to celebrate his death. The Islamic regime murders and represses its people - only a fool would not recognise that. Yes, be free of America and Britain but be free of murderous mullahs too.
History is complicated, but Shah rebuild Iran, and Khomeini destroyed it to the ground. this is what we see. Khomeini not even destroyed physically, he changed, twisted the history, the culture, and devided people and caused death of more than 500 thousand Iranian by war and execution. This is his legacy.
What is overlooked in this production is the impact of the philosophy of Ali Shariati. He furnished that worldly intellectual insight with his academic deliberations which to people of simple disposition seemed like ' Wow ! Far out ! ". There was enough of that " another way of looking at things " motif to turn Iranians away from both the Western and Soviet ideologies.
The Shaw of Iran was the best thing that happened to Iran. He was leading Iran to the level of a European economy. The worst thing that happened to Iran was the Islamic revolution and the appearance of Ayyattolla Khumeni.
If the Shah actually cared about the common people and wasn't a dictator to the extent he was, none of what proceeded would have happened. He only knew how to make the oligarchs happy. Remember it was the people who revolted, Ayatollah didn't come with a cloak and dagger to slit Shah's throat in the name of religion. He was happily praying and writing books in exile for many years.
There are somethings that are not accurate in this documentary, but the most important one is ONCE MORE UNDERRATING the level of support Khomeini received especially from England and America's Jimmy Carter in the last 5 months leading to the fall of the monarchy.
Ik begrijp het nog steeds niet wat was de reden van de 79 revolutie .shah was een knap,slim,.met een bescheidene karakter die echt en eerlijk zich zorgen makte.er was geen enkele reden om hem weg te krijgen
you just answered your own question he was handsome, smart, with a modest character who were worried about his country this is all the reason the powerful governments mostly western and soviet union needed to overthrow him by their conspiracies because he could elevate Iran to its deserving place like it has been through out the history.
De shah probeerde het land veel sneller te moderniseren dan mogelijk was. Ook had hij heel weinig contact met zijn volk, waardoor de shah niet inzag welke gevolgen zijn beslissingen hadden voor het dagelijks leven van de mensen in zijn land. De shah hield ook strak vast aan zijn macht en verbood alle politieke stromingen die het niet met hem eens waren, terwijl bij het moderniseren van een land eigenlijk ook een vrij gekozen democratische regering hoort en een vrije pers om die regering te controleren. Hij liet alleen de geestelijken vrij om te doen en laten wat ze wilden, dus kon de revolutie ook alleen maar uit islamistische hoek komen toen de gewone mensen uiteindelijk in opstand kwamen. Ik denk dat de shah iemand was met goede bedoelingen en hoge ambities, maar dat hij zichzelf blind en doof maakte voor de realiteit, door geen kritiek op hemzelf toe te staan en door geen rekening te houden met de bevolking.
Simple he was smart. The west would never allow a rich country to exist so close to the USSR at the time. A potential ally and a destabilising influence. The Shah had to deal with republicans, communists, religious fundamentalist and western oil companies. What the world forgets is that Khomeni was in France controlling the fundamentalist uprising in Iran. When the Shah was toppled, after visiting the USA, Khomeni was brought to Iran on a French aeroplane.
Imagine what could’ve been if the Shah had remained: no war with Iraq, no mass executions or purges, no backing of proxy terrorism, and Iran would’ve likely become one of the most modern and economic and cultural countries in the world.
I’ve agree. The younger Iranians are much more westernized. Religious zealots have the country isolated and poor. I’ve also read accounts of all the drug addicts, now that the Taliban is back in the business of opium
The Last Iranian Shahanshah...For now. Monarchies and Empires are not dead, just absent from many places in the world at the moment, and in those places on this earth that would be better governed and better lead by such systems, we can only hope they will return!
@@voosum Personally Yes. But also city states or small semi-autonomous republics or democratic communities have existed within larger monarchies before. So I don’t see why there can’t be a bit of both if people wanted to.
Great point, as soon as I saw Milani I knew what would be the whole documentary about!! Those leftists and others were part of that disaster and now selling their own narrative to the world! What a shame!
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
I’m from UK and am obsessed with Iran it’s my favourite country, I have an Iranian friend who’s parents came here to escape the dictatorship. I hope very soon Iran can have a constitution back and be freed republic or monarchy whatever the people want, but I think constitutional monarchy is a pretty stable system from what I have seen today. The crown prince wants to help with freeing Iran and doesn’t mind whether he is monarch or not.
A small section of Iranians practicing the Zoroastrian religion migrated to India to the region of Gujarat around 8th century and later became a very respectable and important segment of the Indian culture and economy.
Even though this video tries to represent the case as "two-folded" or even "evil on both sides" ("oh they had a secret police service"), it's clear that the Shah's power was a blessing both to the Iranian people and to the whole region.
Have you learned nothing of this ? Did you totally miss the part about the visit in Germany and His secret service beating protesters? "The Largest Party in the World" and His people was not invited. He didn't really love His people as much as one should believe. This "Documentary" even skips over a lot of stuff
Islamic extremism will always rely on the gullible left, and then violently eradicate it when power is achieved. Look at the moronic Green Party in the UK selecting crazed anti-Semitic candidates.
Whenever people try to argue how powerful and dangerous religion is to humanity I always like to use countries like Iran as a good example. They literally went from a rapidly developing country that had support for women’s rights and all other things you can get in a democratic society to going backwards in time by adopting medieval archaic laws borne out of religious extremism. I am not in complete support of the monarchy’s regime, he had his major flaws that led to his downfall as a leader but then replacing him with a fanatic that looks like the villain from Harry Potter was one of the greatest mistakes the Iranian people made.
When shah left iran, he said in an interview “If i go iran will fall and if iran fall all Middle East will fall and if middle east fall the great teror will prevail”
I do not hate Iran, the only Iran I hate the most is the Islamic Republic of Iran. A lot of people especially the women not covering their tops with hijabs died under this Islamic Republic. Justice for the civilians of Iran!!! 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷
Why do you hate islamic republic of Iran? Do you know anything about that? Or you are one of those who does not know his own history and his country's history, but yet allow himself to judge about others. Isn't it called ignorance and arrogant?
@@JitzyJT the west did that because of their interests and corporate interests. They don’t care about democracy, nor they care about iranin people. They want iranian people to suffer.
@@luisaavalon4730 thats not a great way to honor Shah. A bag of potatoes is also a great leader compared to the ayatollah. Shah was a high class, educated and intelligent leader. You cant compare him with an illiterate maggot like ayatollah
The 1979 revolution proved to be a regrettable decision, as it resulted in the loss of a thriving economy, social liberties, and progress towards a positive future. Instead of resorting to overthrowing the regime, dissatisfied individuals could have pursued avenues for change within the existing system. Under the leadership of Alahazrat Mohamad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iran experienced significant development and prosperity, but unfortunately, his departure led to the downfall of our nation, the erosion of our freedoms, and numerous other setbacks. We loved Shah and owe him the modern Iran! After him all is lost not only in Iran but the whole Middle East! He was our true patriot. We Stand With Pahlavi.
Hail to Muhammad Reza Shah Pehlavi. What a great visionary and progressive leader he was. People of iran made great mistake by supporting Ayatollah khomeini. They must have to support Reza shah pehlavi. They would have been great nation today. Appreciation to Reza Shah from India 🇮🇳🇮🇷🙏
Absolutely now the present Iranian generation realised that and they are protesting against Iranian regime and they are using Pahlavi dynasty's flag with lion....
The shameful time of Iranian people to choose khomeini above shah, including my father that has regret after Khomeini came to Iran. The world helpd Khomeini. They said always that Shah was a dictator because of Savak. Where are they now and past 44 years that people of Iran murderd en torturd by molla’s. Shah was against terrorisme and wanted peace for his OWN country and other countries in the whole world.
We live in a time where there is easy access to information and statistics, so verify your opinions before making false and misleading comments. For you to understand, a great nation with ancient history and rich culture does not initiate a revolution and change the process of economic, cultural and social policies etc. due to inexperience and ignorance. Various statistics show the huge difference in progress in Iran's development index after the 1979 revolution.
your ignorance is unbelievable. haven't you finished elementaryschool? modern state is not a dictatorship and people enjoy at least basic human rights.
Shah was truly a patriotic he wanted the best for his people and was at least half a century a head of average person in the country 👏 so sad he wasn't around to make iran a world-class economy 😕 😢
Aat the time of the revolution my school in south Florida brought in an Iranian to talk about the culture as an assembly guest soeaker. It was a great way to teach the difference between politics and people. It may have shaped my perspective for decades. I was happy to make persian friends later in life with an Iranian family and their community. I heard fantastic stories met fascinating people. I really don't think school speakers like that could happen today.
We love shah, most of Iranians view pahlavi positively and want prosperity of that era , also the son of Shah is alive and is one of if not the biggest opposition figures against current regime (Islamic Republic).
I think it goes something like this "History is as true as the person who wrote it". Although this documentary seems to be true for the most part, I, as an Iranian born and raised and lived thru the revolution, believe a major of part of truth hasn't been told. This revolution happened primarily because few of the western world countries, including USA and England, wanted it to happen, for financial reasons. They took advantage of the uninformed people. Give me a Voice/Media coverage and I will cause unrest and riot among any Uninformed communities, simply by focusing on differences and giving unrealistic hopes. West benefits from the current Iranian regime where the area became more insecure and the countries of the area had and have to look for the American support for their survival against the current Iranian regime. It is very disturbing when we all look for our personal gain regardless of the harm to others.
Shah was father of our country when he left prosperity, security, economy, freedom, happiness and even clean environment left with him God bless his soul. Long live the king #JAVIDSHAH #KingRezaPahlavi
I have watched a lot of interviews about Prince Reza and WOW!!! That is a WONDERFUL man! I hope when the Iranian people free themselves they allow the prince to return and help rebuild Iran!!
It wasn't the Iranian revolution, it was the "Islamic Revolution". That's what you need to know. The ayatollah had been exiled to Paris and return to Persia from there. I doubt that the citizens wanted the Islamic government and restrictions that came from the revolution.
"Now, the people of Iran regret their decision to prefer the Ayatollah over the Shah. The country's regression began with Khomeini. The young generation is fighting this regime even though the Beggars don't want to lose power and are killing the youth."😢
The censorship in this video is shameful. We are adults we are capable of deciding for ourselves what we should and shouldn't watch. In a educational video like this one censorship is inappropriate.
I’ve often wondered if the US didn’t have anything to with this. Sort of like Germany and Vladimir Lenin in WWI. It was the US that put pressure on the Shah to take measures that would insure his overthrow, including his departure from Iran. And US intelligence services were of the mind during this period that religious states were the best hedge against the USSR.
They saw the USSR as a threat. It was clear the Shah was living on borrowed time. Controlling the power vacuum after the Shah was in US interest. Another Mossadegh would not have been desirable.
It's a reasonable thing to think given that the U.S. did meddle quite a bit in the region during the cold war. But I don't see how they would benefit from sabotaging the shah's regime, given that the shah was on their side, provided them with oil and was a very good customer to the U.S. defense industry. U.S. did prefer religious fundamentalist groups to communism, yes. But the shah was strongly anti-communist already.
The United States promoted the liberalization of Iran and the Shah, the Islamic Clerics did not want Americans involved in Iran because they viewed them as subversive to thier culture and religion.
@@ObsidianFane And yet the US was involved in selling arms illegally to Iran in the 80s. See the Iran-Contra Affair. The U.S. officially had an embargo on 'Khomeini's' Iran but also didn't want them to get weapons/form an alliance with the U.S.S.R. when they came in conflict with Iraq. Oh and the U.S. was using Israel to sell this arms Iran. Israel was fine with Iraq and Iran attacking each other.
Personally, I am hoping for a free and democratic Iran someday and I find it so tragic that the current Islamic regime has not learned the lessons about NOT ending up like their enemy, Shah Reza Pahlavi, and that their form of tyranny was an example of the ultimate fallout of the 1979 revolution in the end.
Im sure I have seen this doc but with a different narrator, can anyone confirm this or link me to the other version? Seems odd it would have a separate license for the audio, why else would they change it.
That's what America and west did to Iran in 1979, Intelligence agencies performed well to overthrown the Shah regime and handover power to religious extremists. All these problems started when shah of Iran increasing oil prices. I don't think only clergies and religious extremists solely brought any revolution in Iran. West and especially British didn't see Iran to be rich and prosperous country of the world and middle east.
The Iranian people have experienced extremes on both sides they need a more middle ground government that mixes both Eastern and Western ideologies, but I doubt that will ever happen
@@craigime like it’s working in Iran? Ones you use religious laws to govern a country, where does independence and freedom comes in? You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.
suadi arabia is an absolute monarchy. It means that people themselves can't do anything for the future of their country, A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to death after critical tweets. but Iranian people wanted freedom and they didn't want monarchy rules so the islamic revolution happened.
Reminds me of that one man who attempted to assassinate the shah and was sentenced to death but was later "forgiven" by the shah only to be later executed by Khomeini for "advertising" shah's regime.
Whoever says there is a need for women's liberation while either explicitly or implicitly denying a need for men's liberation is clearly not interested in the emancipation of all of humanity.
Despite the opposition and sanctions imposed by those who supported Iran's undemocratic monarchy, the current state of Iran is significantly better than it was during the Shah's era. Today, Iran is a nation with pride, functioning as a democracy in its own right.
Shah has done everything for his people 😢 but his own people turn against him. If and only if they could have waited, Iran would hve been a super country today.
@masudsaleh5155 In fact, Iran is now more similar to Libya that was ruled by Gaddafi - some newly arrived people are calling for a change of government, isn't familiar (with the help of America and the West)?! for what, to be "just" naked🤦🏻♂️
I feel so fortunate, that I can just go on youtube, watch a video and get smarter.
I have always considered myself a bit of a history nerd, but I have so many holes in my knowledge.
Many thanks for sharing stuff like this.
That can happen sometimes but not often
This was some of the most complete unbiased reporting I have ever seen. I have never said that before and may never say it again. An excellent historical documentation.
An easy to digest explanation of an extremely complicated series of events. Thank you.
There are so many flaws but for facile minds knowing little of history it works.
haha, the title itself is misleading. Do some study of your own.
I hope one day Iran will be free and prosperous again! The Persian people and their culture is remarkable.
I agree
Ya it's weird, I don't know why Islam and the clerics still have so much power and influence in Iran. I think it has to do more with hating foreign influence and manipulation rather than actually wanting to live in a theocratic state. People are willing to be subjugated by the clerics instead of the US and their allies I guess.
Did you not watch the doc?! Iran was never free and prosperous under him. the lower and lower middle class people suffered massively. There’s a reason why these Persians wanted him gone. But I agree that they should be free from the horrible Shia regime they are under.
@Tom-kk4tmYou fail to understand the geopolitics of the time. Soviets with their Tudeh Party were a threat to Iran. The root cause of the problem was the Shah's suppression of political freedom after his rule was established.
@Tom-kk4tm You just repeated yourself! Go and read a decent article on the subject to understand the geopolitics of the time. It is the favourite narrative of the Left to blame all the problems of Iran on the 1953 coup.
The shah had so many chances to eliminate Khomeini then. Had he done so, it would have changed the course of Iranian history forever.
yes, never spare your core enemy
it wasnt about one person, the big cooperation have already decided, like oil company, its always a bigger power is involved
Actuality I heard a story of prominent general who lobbied Shah against executing Khomeini, but after Khomeini came to power that general was one of the first to be executed.
Sadly wasn’t meant to be.
@@divinewind6313ouch!
Evil on both sides
When has religious fundamentalism EVER been a force for good?
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The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
You can blame Reza Shah for this
@@Hasanaljadid
Why?????!!!!
@@haydehshahram2519because of him Iranian people were starving that's why they elected this government
I knew an Iranian woman from the time of the Shah very well. She was smart, independent and beautiful. She represented the future of Iran with dignity and respect. All that has been lost to a sect of religious zealots who care more about being Muslims than being humans.
Few women in Tehran doesn’t represent whole Iran.80% of Iranians lived in villages that time
Most Iranians were illiterate back then.
You definitely don't know any Iranian women 😂 the old government was very corrupted back then and people starved ,while the the shah was living luxurious life ,away from the poor villages
Owww yea... this documentary hss sugarcoated the shah.@@yasmeenmomani1743
King Reza pahlavi ❤❤❤❤❤
We, the people of Iran, thank you for this public awareness❤
Interesting story for you. There was a Iranian boy that came to the US in 1980 with his parents. He was a super good student, went to UCLA, then to UC Davis medical school. Then he became a cardiologist. Last year, that man saved my father's life by doing a triple heart bypass. I feel terrible that the Iranian people ever had that revolution. But I thank God for Dr. Reza Ghasemi, and that his family decided to leave Iran and come to the US😊
Free Iran ❤
Excellent documentary! It’s always nice to see both sides of the story. Helped me a lot to study for my history tests while enjoying it! ❤
This is a really good documentary on a subject I knew hardly anything about.
Iranian people needs to find their roots back as a true Persian.
Lol it was never called persia
Back to Zoroastrian
Thanks a lot showing how racist you are
@@JitzyJTDon't comment if you Don't know anything about zoroastrianism
They need to know what they truly want some want modernism and freedom others want to practice Islam as it is presented by the Koran. But the younger generation will eventually become the deciding factor once the former younger generation who is in control will eventually fade away.
My father is from Iran. He left a few years before the revolution for college in NYC. 1979 comes and his plans to go back to Iran are gone and he helps the rest of his family escape Iran! My dad met my mom here in America and he and his family have not ever been back to Iran since. Always interesting to learn about this time
It’s unfortunate. Honestly, even if I were Iranian, I would not go back. I don’t think that it’s safe
one of the best docs from the Timeline team, thanks for uploading and very timely.....pity on Iran
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
Timeline doesn't make videos or documentaries. They bulk buy old shows from tv stations who made them long ago, and are now selling rights to show them.
Poor people like you, that they think, are seeing a rell report of history, and what relay happed on (1979) #OccupiedIran . (revelation?!😄) Viva #KingRezaPahlavi 2583y👍
all those people pre 1979 looked very well clothed and well fed, Iran looked to be a very stable economic country. Instead they chose the man with a diaper on his head.
Trading down to a theocracy was the worst of all options. Too often in the 20th century, dynasties were overthrown and the common folk suffered the most, whether it be the Qing, Hohenzollerns, Habsburgs or Romanovs. Choose wisely.
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@@fritzbasset8645don’t forget the tsars
🤣🤣🤣🤣 i find this funny
You probably live in a country where two man can get married.
Its wild the Persians had been converted in the 7th century by the Arabs to Islam. They had all been Zoroastrian before.
Different religion but the same race still Persian to this day unlike Egypt Syria or even Iraq who lost their identity due to majority of arabs breed with them and became arabs
And if Shah was still in power, there would be rainbow flags on every mosque in Iran.
Promoting bikini clad women was a bit much at the time. The starving religious poor didn't like that.
If the Islamic Republic would ease their religious policing, and let women show they tresses, great things can happen for the entire region.
@@SPower-yl9ww why should mosques fly rainbow flags?
@@SPower-yl9ww "rainbow flags on every mosque in Iran." How many rainbow flags are there in ur churches and hindu temples. Just try not to open ur mouth unnecessarily.
@@hazaonly none
simple ,easy documentary!
I watched it after reading Masoumeh Ebtekar’s book “takeover in Tehran”. Now I can say I have a better understanding of the situation.
This was so fascinating. Great topic. Thank you for peaking my interest. 👍
Piquing
We all need to learn from this. I wonder how many of these men we supported the move towards religious rule in Iran have grown to regret that decision. Uplifting and worshipping a man who has extremist tendencies never worked out of any country throughout history. Ever.
All in the name of fighting back Communism, but this Documentary doesn't go into details. Sad to see this Documentary not be honest and show us the real deal.
augustus.
@@NaJeSivI'm Iranian. It doesn't go to detail but includes most important points.
Yes we need to learn how Iran threw off it's western puppet government to achieve true sovereignty.
This is why we cannot give into Islamic extremism in the west. Because this will eventually happen.
Damn, the timing is crazy
IKR?
Look at the helicopter the Shah is entering at 37:10
The timing is not crazy, Iran has been a relevant topic to cover since the war in Israël. This video was probably on the backlog to be released but scheduled it forward due to the death of the president.
This account has these videos saved and uploads them when something happens globally
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Isn't it interesting that Bahman Nirumand, who opposed the Shah and by default supported the Islamic Revolution, is comfortably settled in Germany?
Viewing this is literally a time machine ! Excellent production 👏
I would love to visit Iran one day, the persian culture is simply amazing and holds so much history.
I hope that one day, you'll free your country from the grip of the extremists.
Much love from Sweden.
It's a beautiful country with amazing people. Hopefully one day they will be free from the tyrannical theocracy in charge.
Most people I know will say they’re Persian, not Iranian. Interestingly one family was Jewish and the other Christian. Their families fled
As an Iranian born 1987 I never forgive the people brought us this murders and terrorism rejime
We had such a good life look at us now
Look how the world treat us I don’t blame them because they think of what they see and what they hear
The Iranian people have the government they want. If you don't like that too bad.
@@zognaldblormpf5127no we don’t? Who wants to live under jihadi terrorists? Are you sick in the head?
And do not forget the western world supported Saddam against your fore father's who were gased during Iran Iraq war remember that.
@@abelradebe9644 do not forget they decided to remove sadam but they don’t wanna decide ayatollah shouldn’t be in power
Project Casandra ring a bell
Never forgive the Shah. The first power of the country who lead Iran to revolution and this situation
Man... this timing is nuts. I bet this current Iranian presidency is doomed to crash and burn
Good, hopefully change for the better happens.
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It's important to note that perceptions of political leaders can vary widely among different groups of people and over time. While many people viewed the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as a bad ruler for the reasons mentioned earlier, there were also those who supported him for various reasons:
1. **Modernization Efforts**: The Shah initiated ambitious modernization programs that aimed to rapidly develop Iran's economy, infrastructure, and education system.
2. **Women's Rights**: The Shah's regime implemented progressive reforms that granted women more rights and opportunities, such as the right to vote and access to education and employment.
3. **Stability and Security**: Some Iranians appreciated the relative stability and security provided by the Shah's authoritarian rule, especially in contrast to the chaos and uncertainty that followed the Iranian Revolution.
On the other hand, some people dislike the leaders who came after the Shah for several reasons:
1. **Islamic Rule**: The new government established after the revolution implemented strict Islamic laws and restrictions, which some viewed as oppressive and regressive.
2. **Political Repression**: The post-revolutionary leadership, particularly under Ayatollah Khomeini, was accused of cracking down on dissent and limiting democratic freedoms.
3. **Economic Hardships**: The new government struggled to address economic challenges, leading to inflation, unemployment, and other hardships for many Iranians.
These factors have contributed to mixed opinions about both the Shah and the leaders who came after him, with different segments of the population holding divergent views based on their experiences and perspectives.
@@SmilingCricket-uz5ok Laugh at the Iranian protests ... 🙄 *sigh*
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
Lesson learn from this documentation : change of power doesn't always mean better condition. It is always about Money and Power.
Very well presented, thank you. Looking forward to the sequel.
The sequel 😂
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
The proverbial "Be careful what you wish for"
14 years only reading one book and his own books that says alot sounds like someone interested in their own beliefs more than anything else in the world
FREEDOM TO IRAN
@@muazkhan538 Yea, they have so much freedom that women students flip off pictures of the Iranian leaders on classroom walls. 🙄
@@muazkhan538 Stop lying, you're being brainwashed by your gouvernement into believing that it's a great one. And no, i'm not from the west.
You mean like a mindless Christian? 😂 some of the em only read the Bible and just as brainwashed
I watched the revolution in 1979 and hoped the Iranian people would find freedom. It only took a few weeks to realize that they had swapped one dictator for another. I hope they/you find freedom.
@@muazkhan538 When the prime minister was killed in a helicopter people lit fireworks to celebrate his death. The Islamic regime murders and represses its people - only a fool would not recognise that. Yes, be free of America and Britain but be free of murderous mullahs too.
History is complicated, but Shah rebuild Iran, and Khomeini destroyed it to the ground. this is what we see. Khomeini not even destroyed physically, he changed, twisted the history, the culture, and devided people and caused death of more than 500 thousand Iranian by war and execution. This is his legacy.
@WhiteBaronnOf course you wouldn't know because you didn't watch the video 😂 lazy people like you couldn't understand.
He was a religious nut and all the ayatollahs have followed suit.
What is overlooked in this production is the impact of the philosophy of Ali Shariati. He furnished that worldly intellectual insight with his academic deliberations which to people of simple disposition seemed like ' Wow ! Far out ! ". There was enough of that " another way of looking at things " motif to turn Iranians away from both the Western and Soviet ideologies.
The Shaw of Iran was the best thing that happened to Iran. He was leading Iran to the level of a European economy. The worst thing that happened to Iran was the Islamic revolution and the appearance of Ayyattolla Khumeni.
Oops🤦🏼♂️
lol. the indian hindu telling Iran did worst and best . have u done finish your shower with cow dunk? haha
I agree you 🎉🎉🎉
If the Shah actually cared about the common people and wasn't a dictator to the extent he was, none of what proceeded would have happened.
He only knew how to make the oligarchs happy.
Remember it was the people who revolted, Ayatollah didn't come with a cloak and dagger to slit Shah's throat in the name of religion. He was happily praying and writing books in exile for many years.
He was also the reason why the revolution happened. So no, he was not the best thing that happened to them
There are somethings that are not accurate in this documentary, but the most important one is ONCE MORE UNDERRATING the level of support Khomeini received especially from England and America's Jimmy Carter in the last 5 months leading to the fall of the monarchy.
Thank you for the upload.
Great video, I love it thanks 👍👍🙏🙏
Ik begrijp het nog steeds niet wat was de reden van de 79 revolutie .shah was een knap,slim,.met een bescheidene karakter die echt en eerlijk zich zorgen makte.er was geen enkele reden om hem weg te krijgen
you just answered your own question he was handsome, smart, with a modest character who were worried about his country this is all the reason the powerful governments mostly western and soviet union needed to overthrow him by their conspiracies because he could elevate Iran to its deserving place like it has been through out the history.
De shah probeerde het land veel sneller te moderniseren dan mogelijk was. Ook had hij heel weinig contact met zijn volk, waardoor de shah niet inzag welke gevolgen zijn beslissingen hadden voor het dagelijks leven van de mensen in zijn land. De shah hield ook strak vast aan zijn macht en verbood alle politieke stromingen die het niet met hem eens waren, terwijl bij het moderniseren van een land eigenlijk ook een vrij gekozen democratische regering hoort en een vrije pers om die regering te controleren. Hij liet alleen de geestelijken vrij om te doen en laten wat ze wilden, dus kon de revolutie ook alleen maar uit islamistische hoek komen toen de gewone mensen uiteindelijk in opstand kwamen.
Ik denk dat de shah iemand was met goede bedoelingen en hoge ambities, maar dat hij zichzelf blind en doof maakte voor de realiteit, door geen kritiek op hemzelf toe te staan en door geen rekening te houden met de bevolking.
Stem nie saam jou nie
I agree you🎉🎉🎉🎉
Simple he was smart. The west would never allow a rich country to exist so close to the USSR at the time. A potential ally and a destabilising influence. The Shah had to deal with republicans, communists, religious fundamentalist and western oil companies. What the world forgets is that Khomeni was in France controlling the fundamentalist uprising in Iran. When the Shah was toppled, after visiting the USA, Khomeni was brought to Iran on a French aeroplane.
Y'all were waiting to put this one out, weren't you?
It came out in 2019
Yeah... I watched this some years back.
You know what’s really tragic is that this show is probably banned. In Iran
Why would they show anti-Iranian propaganda? How is that tragic that they protect their people from western lies?
@@zognaldblormpf5127 then why you watchin?
Oh 100%
No, the Western countries put sanctions on Iran, that’s why they can’t watch it. They need VPN
Imagine what could’ve been if the Shah had remained: no war with Iraq, no mass executions or purges, no backing of proxy terrorism, and Iran would’ve likely become one of the most modern and economic and cultural countries in the world.
I’ve agree. The younger Iranians are much more westernized. Religious zealots have the country isolated and poor. I’ve also read accounts of all the drug addicts, now that the Taliban is back in the business of opium
Faith is when you cannot see HOW, but you absolutely know that the Universe is magnetizing your dream to you.
The Last Iranian Shahanshah...For now. Monarchies and Empires are not dead, just absent from many places in the world at the moment, and in those places on this earth that would be better governed and better lead by such systems, we can only hope they will return!
You would rather try monarchic system vs chosen Anarchy with city states?
@@voosum Personally Yes. But also city states or small semi-autonomous republics or democratic communities have existed within larger monarchies before. So I don’t see why there can’t be a bit of both if people wanted to.
You mean we can only hope for dictatorship?
Not at all
Monarchy is the best system everywhere on earth
Damn this is new learning for me. In my understanding and perspective they see shah as a treat. I got a feeling persia will comeback
All those people you interviewed were actually part of this chaos in 1975. What do you think they will say about Shah?
Fact. Other than the Queen *
Great point, as soon as I saw Milani I knew what would be the whole documentary about!! Those leftists and others were part of that disaster and now selling their own narrative to the world! What a shame!
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Exactly 👌🏼
100% . this video, is good for, garbage Propaganda of (lefties--islamist--russian-american-england-france ××) i should add garbage has some use .
Excellent documentary. 👍
Wow great documentary keep it up
The men went from wearing pants and shirts to wearing granny's nightgown
Talk about such open and blatant racism. Disgusting behaviour.
@@muazkhan538 you seem to be confusing race with religion
@@muazkhan538
Racism😂😂 victim theory as usual....
@@muazkhan538 Is the attire prescribed by the Koran? Or did they just revert to more traditional dress in a rejection of Western style?
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
Really love this documentary.
GREAT idea, Jimmy Carter.
This what happens when you choose a leader who cares about his religion more then his people and country , RIP the shah
They dont care about religion. they use religion to gain power and control .
The way he is described here will remain in history, and so will the language he was described in
The west never lose an opportunity to degrade a true revolution that fulfilled the public demands in a peaceful manner and glorifying an Ethno theocratic rugged autocratic apartheid occupying colonial state of Israel whose foundations are on blood and eternal conflict.
You need to go back to Mohammad Mosaddegh and see how Britain and the US collaborated to remove him!! That’s why we’re in this current debacle!!
That's a long time ago 😮 Khomeini is to blame
I’m from UK and am obsessed with Iran it’s my favourite country, I have an Iranian friend who’s parents came here to escape the dictatorship. I hope very soon Iran can have a constitution back and be freed republic or monarchy whatever the people want, but I think constitutional monarchy is a pretty stable system from what I have seen today. The crown prince wants to help with freeing Iran and doesn’t mind whether he is monarch or not.
A small section of Iranians practicing the Zoroastrian religion migrated to India to the region of Gujarat around 8th century and later became a very respectable and important segment of the Indian culture and economy.
Even though this video tries to represent the case as "two-folded" or even "evil on both sides" ("oh they had a secret police service"), it's clear that the Shah's power was a blessing both to the Iranian people and to the whole region.
What Iran could have been by now. They had a Shah that loved his people.
But the people didn’t love him.
@@jeffscheiner1553That was the problem. The people were stupid and took the freedoms they had for granted.
you mean a U.S puppet, cause that was what he was. Once he outlived his useful the West abandoned him.
Have you learned nothing of this ? Did you totally miss the part about the visit in Germany and His secret service beating protesters? "The Largest Party in the World" and His people was not invited. He didn't really love His people as much as one should believe. This "Documentary" even skips over a lot of stuff
Not too fast!
He loved showing off more than his people
47:57 Jimmy Carter in the background had no idea about what was to happen next in Iran.
Problem is Western nations GAVE LOTS OF AIR TIME TO THESE "STUDENTS" rioting.
Islamic extremism will always rely on the gullible left, and then violently eradicate it when power is achieved. Look at the moronic Green Party in the UK selecting crazed anti-Semitic candidates.
True now they can deal with their students today
We're seeing it again at these elite universities in the U.S.
@@Hoss_P The Western students are no threat, and their cause is right. Israeli genocide has to be stopped.
@@Hoss_P There is nothing wrong with the western students, or the calls to stop Israeli genocide.
Whenever people try to argue how powerful and dangerous religion is to humanity I always like to use countries like Iran as a good example. They literally went from a rapidly developing country that had support for women’s rights and all other things you can get in a democratic society to going backwards in time by adopting medieval archaic laws borne out of religious extremism.
I am not in complete support of the monarchy’s regime, he had his major flaws that led to his downfall as a leader but then replacing him with a fanatic that looks like the villain from Harry Potter was one of the greatest mistakes the Iranian people made.
absolutely agree with you，a face so hideous from medieval
When shah left iran, he said in an interview
“If i go iran will fall and if iran fall all Middle East will fall and if middle east fall the great teror will prevail”
May Lord bless the Shah's soul❤👑🦁☀️
I do not hate Iran, the only Iran I hate the most is the Islamic Republic of Iran. A lot of people especially the women not covering their tops with hijabs died under this Islamic Republic.
Justice for the civilians of Iran!!! 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷
you're trained by your bourgeois media, bark doggy
I feel the same about China. I don’t hate China, but the PRC government is disgusting.
Well the islamic republic is a religious ruling side, means the use religion laws , islamic religion laws dont give women anykind of freedom
Why do you hate islamic republic of Iran? Do you know anything about that? Or you are one of those who does not know his own history and his country's history, but yet allow himself to judge about others. Isn't it called ignorance and arrogant?
Iran is good, usa is not
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was someone our fathers did not deserve. May your soul rest in peace.
This documentary made 2 years back by Real Royalty channel, now it is re uploded here
Yeah, I thought I saw it somewhere… I think the added some new content here
Never really knew anything about the Shah prior to this video. Hindsight really shows he set himself up for failure.
Shah was a patriot. We respect him immensely. ❤️❤️❤️
maybe that's why he was ousted
@@JitzyJT the west did that because of their interests and corporate interests. They don’t care about democracy, nor they care about iranin people. They want iranian people to suffer.
Shah Pahlavi was a great leader compared to Ayatolla .
@@luisaavalon4730 thats not a great way to honor Shah. A bag of potatoes is also a great leader compared to the ayatollah. Shah was a high class, educated and intelligent leader. You cant compare him with an illiterate maggot like ayatollah
Reza pahlavi is the king of Iran. Iranian people love him❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The 1979 revolution proved to be a regrettable decision, as it resulted in the loss of a thriving economy, social liberties, and progress towards a positive future. Instead of resorting to overthrowing the regime, dissatisfied individuals could have pursued avenues for change within the existing system. Under the leadership of Alahazrat Mohamad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iran experienced significant development and prosperity, but unfortunately, his departure led to the downfall of our nation, the erosion of our freedoms, and numerous other setbacks.
We loved Shah and owe him the modern Iran! After him all is lost not only in Iran but the whole Middle East! He was our true patriot. We Stand With Pahlavi.
Hail to Muhammad Reza Shah Pehlavi. What a great visionary and progressive leader he was. People of iran made great mistake by supporting Ayatollah khomeini. They must have to support Reza shah pehlavi. They would have been great nation today. Appreciation to Reza Shah from India 🇮🇳🇮🇷🙏
Absolutely now the present Iranian generation realised that and they are protesting against Iranian regime and they are using Pahlavi dynasty's flag with lion....
Really? Subservience to the west whose only interest was oil.
Shah's son is still alive , we will bring him back to Iran , JAVID SHAH👑🔥
😂😂😂😂 where he is Foooking American puppy
Dorood be sharafet ❤ Long live the King #KingRezaPahlavi.
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Biggest joke 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Long live the Islamic republic 🇮🇷
Go back to rubika cyber-basiji madarjende @@DaniyalKhameneh313
The shameful time of Iranian people to choose khomeini above shah, including my father that has regret after Khomeini came to Iran. The world helpd Khomeini. They said always that Shah was a dictator because of Savak. Where are they now and past 44 years that people of Iran murderd en torturd by molla’s. Shah was against terrorisme and wanted peace for his OWN country and other countries in the whole world.
some west sucker talking bullshits👍🏼
He had to fightoo many fronts: communism, religious fundamentalism, western oil control and republicans. Too many fronts.
why you are against islam 😢
@@misamabbas5433 it has nothing to do with islam. What are you looking for?
If you honestly believe these statements, then read the history fairly. Otherwise, continue with these unrealistic and imaginary ideas.
Very well done video
Iran was a modern state until the fall of the shah.
Explain modern 😂
@@ytredvbmaybe you ride on a camel and not by car because you didn't know what modern was 😂
We live in a time where there is easy access to information and statistics, so verify your opinions before making false and misleading comments. For you to understand, a great nation with ancient history and rich culture does not initiate a revolution and change the process of economic, cultural and social policies etc. due to inexperience and ignorance.
Various statistics show the huge difference in progress in Iran's development index after the 1979 revolution.
your ignorance is unbelievable. haven't you finished elementaryschool? modern state is not a dictatorship and people enjoy at least basic human rights.
Shah was truly a patriotic he wanted the best for his people and was at least half a century a head of average person in the country 👏 so sad he wasn't around to make iran a world-class economy 😕 😢
This the worst that happened to Iran.
You don’t know about Tamerlane 🤦🏿♀️
Iran is worse than in 1979
Not the Mongols? Timur Lang? Qajars?
@@behzadahmad8818 these guys are beating the Qajars by a large margin... closing in on Mongols
@@Hoss_P No I dont think so, these guys have actually expanded iranian influence in the region the most.
Aat the time of the revolution my school in south Florida brought in an Iranian to talk about the culture as an assembly guest soeaker.
It was a great way to teach the difference between politics and people. It may have shaped my perspective for decades. I was happy to make persian friends later in life with an Iranian family and their community. I heard fantastic stories met fascinating people.
I really don't think school speakers like that could happen today.
Thank you Jimmy Carter for unleashing fundamental Islam on the world.
LOL. Thank the Shah n his SAVAK. N dont forget the British who instigated the coup against Mossadegh.
I wonder what the Iranian people think now?
Most of the population doesn’t even remember life before 1979.
We love shah, most of Iranians view pahlavi positively and want prosperity of that era , also the son of Shah is alive and is one of if not the biggest opposition figures against current regime (Islamic Republic).
Long live The Shah!
Javid Shah!
The western puppet 😂 no more hit and run 😂
@@harlowida nah thank you revolutionaries from Palestinian camps and other Soviet strongholds were imported into Iran to do it
@@RoyalBlue292 Your propaganda’s way too old 😂
@@harlowida Replaced one Dictator with another!
The Shar must be reinstated
I think it goes something like this "History is as true as the person who wrote it".
Although this documentary seems to be true for the most part, I, as an Iranian born and raised and lived thru the revolution, believe a major of part of truth hasn't been told. This revolution happened primarily because few of the western world countries, including USA and England, wanted it to happen, for financial reasons. They took advantage of the uninformed people.
Give me a Voice/Media coverage and I will cause unrest and riot among any Uninformed communities, simply by focusing on differences and giving unrealistic hopes.
West benefits from the current Iranian regime where the area became more insecure and the countries of the area had and have to look for the American support for their survival against the current Iranian regime.
It is very disturbing when we all look for our personal gain regardless of the harm to others.
I’m uncertain how you blame the US. They backed the Shah. They certainly didn’t want to see him deposed for religious zealots
I got to meet the hostages, they came to dallas, texas and spoke to us before i graduated in 1984
Iran and Afghanistan was really advanced countries in 70ties until islamists brought destruction
So true.
Lebanon too. The Lebanon civil war also had a lot to do with the PLO (Palestinian liberation order) go figure lol
Shah was father of our country when he left prosperity, security, economy, freedom, happiness and even clean environment left with him
God bless his soul. Long live the king
#JAVIDSHAH
#KingRezaPahlavi
I have watched a lot of interviews about Prince Reza and WOW!!! That is a WONDERFUL man! I hope when the Iranian people free themselves they allow the prince to return and help rebuild Iran!!
Wonderful in spending national funds on junkies and his sexual fantasies!!!😂 😂
If you honestly believe these statements, then read the history fairly. Otherwise, continue with these unrealistic and imaginary ideas.
The Shaws son is a pretty nice dude.
Think this might be a re-upload if I'm not mistaken...
Some footage is censored
Yes
It wasn't the Iranian revolution, it was the "Islamic Revolution". That's what you need to know. The ayatollah had been exiled to Paris and return to Persia from there. I doubt that the citizens wanted the Islamic government and restrictions that came from the revolution.
"Now, the people of Iran regret their decision to prefer the Ayatollah over the Shah. The country's regression began with Khomeini. The young generation is fighting this regime even though the Beggars don't want to lose power and are killing the youth."😢
So it had nothing to do with western embargo? That’s what really crippled Iran. Not Khomeini
The censorship in this video is shameful. We are adults we are capable of deciding for ourselves what we should and shouldn't watch. In a educational video like this one censorship is inappropriate.
I’ve often wondered if the US didn’t have anything to with this. Sort of like Germany and Vladimir Lenin in WWI. It was the US that put pressure on the Shah to take measures that would insure his overthrow, including his departure from Iran. And US intelligence services were of the mind during this period that religious states were the best hedge against the USSR.
Us was not involved in everything, the didnt view iran as threat in middle east back then so they had no interest
They saw the USSR as a threat. It was clear the Shah was living on borrowed time. Controlling the power vacuum after the Shah was in US interest. Another Mossadegh would not have been desirable.
It's a reasonable thing to think given that the U.S. did meddle quite a bit in the region during the cold war. But I don't see how they would benefit from sabotaging the shah's regime, given that the shah was on their side, provided them with oil and was a very good customer to the U.S. defense industry. U.S. did prefer religious fundamentalist groups to communism, yes. But the shah was strongly anti-communist already.
The United States promoted the liberalization of Iran and the Shah, the Islamic Clerics did not want Americans involved in Iran because they viewed them as subversive to thier culture and religion.
@@ObsidianFane And yet the US was involved in selling arms illegally to Iran in the 80s.
See the Iran-Contra Affair.
The U.S. officially had an embargo on 'Khomeini's' Iran but also didn't want them to get weapons/form an alliance with the U.S.S.R. when they came in conflict with Iraq.
Oh and the U.S. was using Israel to sell this arms Iran. Israel was fine with Iraq and Iran attacking each other.
Personally, I am hoping for a free and democratic Iran someday and I find it so tragic that the current Islamic regime has not learned the lessons about NOT ending up like their enemy, Shah Reza Pahlavi, and that their form of tyranny was an example of the ultimate fallout of the 1979 revolution in the end.
Im sure I have seen this doc but with a different narrator, can anyone confirm this or link me to the other version? Seems odd it would have a separate license for the audio, why else would they change it.
I felt like the story stopped abruptly 😳 i wanted to know what happened under komani... ?
Thats what ISLAM does. They never show the aftermath😅.
KING REZA PAHLAVI ❤❤👑👑
You mean the one who stole land from his own people?
Thanks but no thanks
@@harlowidathe woman of Iran free
LONG LIVE SHAH❤👑
@harlowida at least progressive dictator than satan khomeini
That's what America and west did to Iran in 1979, Intelligence agencies performed well to overthrown the Shah regime and handover power to religious extremists. All these problems started when shah of Iran increasing oil prices. I don't think only clergies and religious extremists solely brought any revolution in Iran. West and especially British didn't see Iran to be rich and prosperous country of the world and middle east.
It must be said that the suspicion is very strong in Britain, which has historically been good at this and has made a lot of money from it
Hope for the return of the Pahlavi kingdom to Iran👑❤️
The Iranian people have experienced extremes on both sides they need a more middle ground government that mixes both Eastern and Western ideologies, but I doubt that will ever happen
Dont doubt...there is a huge chaos inside the country, the doesnt find a way out to the mainstream news.
Theocracy and independence can never work together.
It can
@@craigime like it’s working in Iran?
Ones you use religious laws to govern a country, where does independence and freedom comes in?
You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.
@@gideonrobinson6613 is Iran an independent country?
@@craigimeI mean they are no longer a puppet state to the west any longer
as an outsider i think Iran could have been equal or as great as the Saudis.
Why would Iran want to be like the Saudis who are depending on US weapons for security Iran is not a puppet of any state.
It could have been greater
suadi arabia is an absolute monarchy. It means that people themselves can't do anything for the future of their country, A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to death after critical tweets. but Iranian people wanted freedom and they didn't want monarchy rules so the islamic revolution happened.
Iran could have had an economy like the Gulf States
even better
You wouldn’t even be calling it “the gulf” if this whole thing hadn’t gone down
Have you read Arabian and Persian history?
But they refused to bow to American and Israeli hegemony!😒
@@jyy9624Yup, as a Persian, we have quite a beautiful history with the Arabs.
I let out an audible sound of despair when they said they had arrested Khomeini and changed his sentence from execution to letting him go 😩
Reminds me of that one man who attempted to assassinate the shah and was sentenced to death but was later "forgiven" by the shah only to be later executed by Khomeini for "advertising" shah's regime.
@AdlerHamilton that's wild. Dude really needed to think about his life choices 😆
Whoever says there is a need for women's liberation while either explicitly or implicitly denying a need for men's liberation is clearly not interested in the emancipation of all of humanity.
Despite the opposition and sanctions imposed by those who supported Iran's undemocratic monarchy, the current state of Iran is significantly better than it was during the Shah's era. Today, Iran is a nation with pride, functioning as a democracy in its own right.
Shah has done everything for his people 😢 but his own people turn against him. If and only if they could have waited, Iran would hve been a super country today.
@masudsaleh5155since you are not Iranian,get back to your business, ARAB WORLD!
@masudsaleh5155 In fact, Iran is now more similar to Libya that was ruled by Gaddafi - some newly arrived people are calling for a change of government, isn't familiar (with the help of America and the West)?!
for what, to be "just" naked🤦🏻♂️
You are 100% correct my friend
@masudsaleh5155qaddafi was crazy don't compare them
I agree. Imagine where they could be, using their resources like other wealthy countries.