What Happened During the Iranian Revolution 1979? (Documentary)

Get Nebula with 50% off annual subscription with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/realtimehistory Watch Mad Kings about Uday Hussein: https://nebula.tv/videos/madkings-uday-hussein?ref=realtimehistory After over 25 years in power, the Shah of Iran was ousted by the Iranian Revolution which also established an Islamic Republic under Ruhollah Khomeini. » SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/realtimehistory https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS George Durrett, Luis Gonzalez, Mike Cumings, Jr., Charles Shananaquet II, Joel Sanchez, shane cawthon, Andrew Thomas Mooney, Chris Rohde, Bruce D, Jim Frame, Glenn Sugden, Lisa Anderson, George Haramundanis, G S, Kempf Mario, jhgBo8jigr hzufjkl, Gayle Elizabeth, Glenn G Webb, Stephen D Nugent PsyD, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Simen Røste, Amy Williams, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, Josh Bruder, Konstantin Bredyuk, Richard L Benkin, Matt, Rob Carle, Murray Godfrey, Jan, Gage Manthey, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Bruce G. Hearns, Stephanie Schindhelm, Paul Wilcox, Brad Durbin, Fogeltje, » SOURCES Arjomand, Said Amir. “The Causes and Significance of the Iranian Revolution” State, Culture, and Society, Vol. 1, No. 3 (1985) Hegland, Mary Elaine. “Days of Revolution: Political Unrest in an Iranian Village” Stanford University Press, 2014 Kamrava, Mehran. “Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War” University of California Press, 2013 Maloney, Suzanne (ed.). “The Iranian Revolution at Forty” Brookings Institution Press, 2020 Precht, Henry. “The Iranian Revolution: An Oral History With Henry Precht” Middle East Journal, Volume 58, No. 1. (2004) Zabih, Sepehr. “The Iranian Military in Revolution and War” Routledge, 1988 »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton Director: Toni Steller Editing: Philipp Appelt Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Mark Newton Fact checking: Florian Wittig, Jesse Alexander Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images, picture alliance, and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 Music Library: Epidemic Sound All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image. All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2025