The Shah And The Ayatollah Part I

Published: Dec. 26, 2018, 5 a.m.

b'Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi became the Shah of Iran at twenty-two years of age. He would go from a powerless figurehead to one of the most powerful monarchs in the region.\\n\\nHowever, the Shah was brought down by an obscure Shiite scholar named Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In this episode, we\\u2019ll start to discover the history behind the 1979 Iranian Revolution.'