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Subscriber Essay: Two Iranian Revolutions

Derek Davison
Jul 02, 2017
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Today we’re looking at the causes of the 1979 Iranian revolution. Specifically, I thought we might even go into a little detail on one of the revolution's less mentioned causes, the Shah's so-called "White Revolution" of 1963-1978.

The Islamic Revolution is interesting in that it doesn't have an obvious immediate cause. Iran hadn't just lost a war, its m…

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