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Real Time History

Season 2025 · Episode 21

Why the 1979 Iranian Revolution Happened

0.022mDecember 19, 2025

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.

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Episodes

Episode 1U-Boats Unleashed: Battle of the Atlantic 1940
Episode 2Does Russia Always Win Its Wars?
Episode 3Origin of the China-Taiwan Conflict: Chinese Civil War 1945-1949
Episode 4Grave of the German Navy - Battle of Norway 1940
Episode 5The Last Total War? - Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988
Episode 6Mussolini's Blunder: Greece and North Africa 1940
Episode 7Rise of Japan: 1st Sino-Japanese War 1894-95
Episode 8The Mexican-American War 1846-48
Episode 9Yom Kippur War 1973
Episode 10Why didn’t the Allies Attack Germany in 1939?
Episode 11Britannia Rules the Mediterranean Sea: British Empire at War 1940
Episode 12Battle of Peleliu 1944
Episode 13German-Soviet Invasion of Poland 1939
Episode 14Rise of Mao: The Wars for China 1927-1949
Episode 15Why Japan Lost the Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944
Episode 16Battle of Manila 1945
Episode 17Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 1979
Episode 18First Year of WW2 1939-1940
Episode 19Why the US Invaded Iraq
Episode 20Battle of Tarawa 1943
Episode 21Why the 1979 Iranian Revolution Happened