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The Dig: Iran, 1953-1979. From the Shah to Islamic Revolution

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The History of the Shah and the History of Khomeini

In 1979 there's very much this revolutionary mood across different sectors of society, even when a homani tells striking workers to go home in some cases that they don't know. And you see something about the continued political legitimacy conferred on on these figures by their association with Mossad. So pretty much at every, every point there is some degree of coming he simply out maneuvering his opponents. Part of it is the institutional support power of the of the mosque networks and ways in which the legacy of 1953 plays out.

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