Subscriber Essay: Two Iranian Revolutions
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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