Episode
Iran: Oil, Power and Protest - Part One: In the Shadow of the Shah.
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- Hostile History
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- May 20, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2671
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Summary
In the first episode of this four part series, we travel back in time to Iran to chart how a modern monarchy which was armed, wealthy, and globally backed lost control with the help of historian Roham Alvandi from the London School of Economics and Political Science.