Chalke Talk

The podcast from the Chalke Valley History Festival
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102. MODERN IRAN: REVOLUTIONS, REPUBLIC AND WAR

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Iran remains an enigma to most of us in the West: once Persia, a land rich in culture, exoticism and history, but more recently a country embroiled in wars and an Islamic revolution. In this talk, Ali Ansari, Professor of Iranian History at the University of St Andrews, explains why modern Iran has evolved in the way it has.



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