Published on Feb 26, 2015
In which John Green teaches you about Iran's Revolutions. Yes, revolutions plural. What was the1979 Iranian Revolution about? It turns out, 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.
The Iran we see today was just one of the many past the nation could have went on. In an alternate timeline, Iran could have been much different. Yet, this depends on just which events would have been changed. In order for us to understand how things would have been different, we need to examine the recent history of Iran. It is important to mention that both the 1953 Coup (which was backed by the U.S and the UK against the democratic iranian government) and the Islamic Revolution of 1979, changed Iran drastically. Not to mention of the religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, who ruled the nation as an anti-western Islamic Theocracy.
ReplyDeleteThis video was very helpful because I never truly had a good understanding of what had happened en Iran. It is always good to know and understand all the different angle and perspective of a conflict.
ReplyDeleteAlejandro Cervino
Watching this video was very informative on the morals, traditons, and rules of Iranians. Honestly, I would have never thought that Iranian individuals went through the things that they did for their country and still continue to suffer today. As speaking for myself, many Americans take for granted the simplicity and freedom that we have in our country and we often do not think about how other countries may be affected. Watching this video was a helpful reminder that outside of our "own little worlds" still remains major issues, cultural differences, and misunderstanding that has to be solved.
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I really liked this video , as all Crash Course videos are engaging and do a great job and informing their audience at what their topic is. I also am very terrible at history and this video helps me learn.
ReplyDeleteAnother great crash course!
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