Iran's Revolutions: Crash Course World History 226

In which John Green teaches you about Iran's Revolutions. Yes, revolutions plural. What was the the1979 Iranian Revolution about? It turns out that Iran has a pretty long history of unrest in order to put power in the hands of the people, and the most recent revolution in 1979 was, at least at first, not necessarily about creating an Islamic state. It certainly turned out to be about that, but it was initially just about people who wanted to get rid of an oppressive regime. Listen up as John teaches you about Iran's long history of revolution.

Correction: When discussing the 1979 Islamic Republic referendum, we used the phrase 'free and open election,' which may have overstated the case. In reality, the full legitimacy of the election has been called into question.