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3. In the Shackles of Life

April 3, 2018

During the roaring twenties and thirties, Iranian society attempts to catch up with European superpowers under Reza Shah Pahlavi with women removing veils and adopting western fashion, that is until WWII engulfs the region. In this episode historians describe the transformative events of this vastly changing society lead by a strong military monarch.

2. Wars, Coups, Thieves, and a Bean

April 3, 2018

In 1908, Iran is entrenched in civil war and oil is discovered. Constitutionalists confront conservative Islamic clergy. As the rising German threat looms in the region, World War I engulfs the country ushering in famine and epidemics of Cholera and Spanish Flu until a new king, Reza Shah, emerges to take control.

1. Sunrise of Justice

April 3, 2018

1905 sees Iran entrenched in protests, revolution and civil war. Revolutionaries, from brotherhoods and secret societies, are uniting in a desperate struggle to free Iran from arbitrary rule and tyranny. This is only the beginning of Iran's bid for freedom and democracy; and it's also the origin of political Islam which ultimately lead to the Islamic Republic of Iran today.

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