# Iran: Oil, Power and Protest - Part One: In the Shadow of the Shah.

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Podcast: [Hostile History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hostile-history-7855684)
Published: 2026-05-20T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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