A Political History of Contemporary Iran

Dr. Roy Casagranda explains the key events in shaping the current state of Iran over the last 125 years.
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[@user-gl8or4kb5r]

It is so dramatic to see how the minor political decisions in Washington and London could change the course of history for countries and nations such as Iran and cause prolonged suffering for millions of people over generations. The saddest part is that these intervenings are still taking place in 21st century in a more complex way

[@aliabouyeh8017]

There are real major clandestine operation, people are no foul even hundreds years ago.because they trust even foreigners and that what happens.just like Putin trust he got war.

[@Malibu-ku2to]

It is easy to blame others for our failures!!!. All revolutionaries in 1979 had bothered to study or read Mr. Khomeini’s book!!!

[@user-gl8or4kb5r]

@Malibu 1978 Well, Western countries intervening in other nations is not a blame, it is a historical fact. It is a bit naive to think that the uprising of a radical anti-US leader such as Khomeini was due to the unfamiliarity of revolutionaries with his ideas. Instead, we should seek the root causes, the most important of which is the 1953 kudeta against Mosaddeq by CIA.

[@fark69]

@@Malibu-ku2to People's issues with Islamic rules is not nearly the same as why Iran has the economic situation it has right now. One of the smartest populations, insane technological and scientific achievement, the fastest country to become fully literate, all sorts of other achievements, but due to Western sanctions the country has no economic future, and people fight the government over dress codes, but that won't really make a difference for Iran's economic future. As long as the West sanctions them they are stuck. It's very sad

[@Malibu-ku2to]

@@user-gl8or4kb5r I didn’t say they don’t intervene. Islamic government is intervening in Arabic countries!!. You need to have a well responsible society, we you make a mistake admit it rather blaming others, look at Singapore, Japan , South Korea . Take responsibility be your own man!!!.

[@arian8100]

The combination of history, storytelling, and comedy. This guy is truly a master at what he is doing. I would never ever sit and watch a 2 hours of lecture, but yet I was glued to my screen.

[@moa3810]

Totally agree

[@kareemsalessi]

@@moa3810 HOW ABOUT HIS CHRONIC COUGHING....???

[@muizrahim861]

I wish he was my history lecturer...

[@sukantamondal6055]

, 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@mikebrown1068]

He conviently leaves out Reagan and the CIA , Col. North involvement in flooding America with cocaine and starting the Crack epidemic in Black neighborhoods to buy weapons from Israel to give to Iran and the contras giving Cocaine for the weapons and Col. North , Poindexter and company pardons ... not a word about the drugs and other things that he omits like the phony war on drugs they were bringing into the USA to re enslave Black people because the US constitution never abolished slavery and uses the loophole to make a for profit prison industriel complex complete with wall street stock like for profit healthcare ( google Nixon HMO tapes )

[@Fisherman447]

roy you are amazing , i am an iranian i have studied my countries history for more than 40 years. No body to date has explaine Iranian contemporary history like you are doing. Iranian people owe you a big gratitude. We are people in big crises at the moment and no help can be bigger than knowing the truth, our history and how we got here. I like to meet you and give you a big hug. Thank you ❤️

[@homayounshirazi9550]

As usual, his style of jocularity impresses those who forget that he remains blinded by his country's crimes against humanity.

[@Fisherman447]

@@homayounshirazi9550 white euro centrist creatures talking about humanity. Contradiction interms.

[@nl.dauhoo]

I am Sunni Muslimah. I love and admire Iran 🇮🇷 and its people. This is the greatest nation ever as it has survived and thriived despite all the odds and unjust economic sanctions.

[@mansourmorakabi7828]

Thank you brother, I m shiat but I also love my Sunni brothers . One Ummah!

[@andiofski2653]

Yeah its breathing, but hardly thriving. It is racing towards becoming the second North Korea. Educated Iranians are lining up to flee the country. The only positive is that Iranians have become atheists. Once the Ayatollahs lose power you will see a move towards secularism and democracy. We love our Arab Neighbours and hope for peace too.

[@stick80]

As an American, I can say the citizens of the US, have nothing but respect for the citizens of Iran. Whatever political issues are between our governments and not the people.

[@Mohammadali-mk8go]

Wow. So much claims, i can just say that majority of them are incorrect​@@andiofski2653

[@saadati]

I am an Iranian, and even though I have heard and read about our recent history many times, this lecture was still an amazing and educational presentation, and I still learned a lot of interesting stuff about my country. Thank you for this awesome clip.

[@jingoozrajaii53]

You are not iranian you worship the devil and this man represents lucifer

[@mikebrown1068]

He left out Reagan and CIA flooding Black neighborhoods with drugs to buy weapons from European Jewish people in Palestine to sell at 4 times the price to buy more cocaine from the contras to Sell in Black neighborhoods and then make a war against drugs to re- enslave Black people for talking the drugs they flooded the communities with because the USA constitution allows slavery in prisons so they targeted Blacks and Hispanics although more whites use drugs than Blacks, They put crystal Ice in white communities so they could make it themselves from household products so they wouldn't spend a lot of money like the Crack they created for Blacks but it backfired because the crystal meth was worse than the Crack in the end

[@aminrastgar]

He is a good storyteller but oversimplifying crucial facts and repeatedly saying the Angelo American narrative is not objective history 🤔

[@riyadreza1405]

I came across dr Roy Casagranda's lecture videos a few days ago and i just can't stop watching and listening to them, the amount of clicks these videos are getting doesn't do justice at all to the quality that we're getting, i hope his lectures go viral soon. His intellect, information, humor and delivery is absolutely incredible. You can feel his love for history when he talks about it, and the way he presents each topic as well as the surrounding circumstances and information about them, which then in turn give you a perfect picture of whats going on when it all connects is absolute perfection. He's just a treasure.

[@alinasir5094]

I agree wholeheartedly. I think I have watched like 40 hours of his lectures this week. He makes me love history again and reminds me of one of my favorite teachers from when I was in school.

[@olivervision]

Im bingeing hard right now...

[@kerol2390]

same here..

[@alexandrerighi]

+1

[@farahdormanesh4690]

There is some discrepancy on the events, but it is mostly accurate

[@Nerdnp22]

Dr Roy's lectures are some of the most bingeable one's out there!! He's made me hooked to this!

[@konny1698]

this was legitimately incredible. i learned so much about my country's history.. thank you sir. democracy for Iran.

[@jose98937]

watch what you learn bro, fact or illusion of a fact. see who that illusion serves

[@PercocetPete]

@@jose98937 explain? Lol you can't just insert some vague sentence and leave

[@jose98937]

@@PercocetPete go up the thread and read more longer answer but if you have any questions please ask. There are a lot of distorted facts showing things opposite esp about shah as a dictator. This is the narrative western system created to topple him which they did and with covered up stories to the world and khomeyni was their installed functionaries with full intl and logistic support of at least 8 counties...

[@MrVache20]

Thanks Dr Roy. This was a very compacted and interesting Iranian History.

[@xkc9689]

Loved this lecture, for the longest time I wanted to see you do sth like this (I watch since 2018), grateful for spreading good information for free. Thank you

[@reihanehvafadar6139]

It was one of the greatest speech i have ever seen. Thank you Roy!

[@hessamlatube]

To refer to the Persian Gulf, at 4:59 you used the highly disputed name "Arabian gulf". Subsequently, you brought the excuse that "At the time the Brits were using it that way", in 19th century. I believe you need to get your historical accounts revisited. The earliest official account of using "Arabian", instead of "Persian", to refer to that body of water was in 1955 by Sir Charles Belgrave, a British advisor to the ruler of Bahrain. Your excuse sounded more of an apology to use the disputed term instead of the original and historical one, "Persian Gulf".

[@filipeipad5172]

Exactly. As I mention elsewhere, there’s plenty of British maps of the Middle East from the 19th and early 20th century in the web and one cannot find a single one that uses ‘Arabian Gulf’ instead of Persian Gulf. Until Arab countries from the Arabian peninsula emerged in the 20th century and became rich there was in fact no rationale for such a conservative people as the Brits to go against a 25 century old naming convention and starting using for the Persian Gulf a name that was in fact sometimes used for the Red Sea since antiquity.

[@fandibataineh4586]

easy dude, i do not think you know history better than him, also, the gulf is between Persia and the Arabian peninsula, so both names are equally valid, we Arabs call it the Arabian gulf, and he also can call it Arabian or Persian gulf, you cannot impose your culture on others

[@fandibataineh4586]

@@jingoozrajaii53 you are racist and ignorant

[@rezabahrami6622]

It’s always been and will continue to be the Persian Gulf, the name first used by the Ancient Greek. The Arabian thing is just a few decades old. In all historical and current international documents, the correct term, the Persian Empire, was and is used. All Arabic maps until the 1960s call it “Al-Kahalij Fars.” It’s funny that a bunch of newly established countries have the guts to try to change history just because they have come into some oil money. It will never happen. The reference to “imposing culture” was hilarious given the ancient culture of a country that has been around forever as a fully established country whereas… 😂

[@minaz2337]

@@fandibataineh4586 It has been called Persian Gulf and there is actual documentation that it has been called that for hundreds of years. Calling a region by its actual name is not imposing culture.

[@victorverdi6919]

Major corrections: AyatuAllah Komeni DID NOT designate his son as successor, he favored Ali Khamani (who was not his son) who was voted into office of the "Supreme Leader" by the "council of the wise" ... the high authority in the State that the Supreme Leader is accountable for and which can remove the Supreme Leader from office by voting. Review the constitution, it is very clearly stated. Komeni's son died young only few years after his father.

[@julienrocher1]

I think he misspoke. He meant Khamenis son not Khomeni. I noticed he gets a little distracted at times. I am sure he knows the correct facts

[@victorverdi6919]

@@julienrocher1 Amazing memory he has.

[@mehranramsey]

Thanks professor, for all your efforts and support for Iranian people. Your lecture is amazing & to a large degree quite accurate.

[@arashdavari]

Khamenei & Khomeini are two different surnames. These two people have no blood relation. That was a very unusual mistake!

[@int0x2e]

There are several major mistakes here. This guy is not a good source of I could find so many factual errors in the first hour alone...

[@insight827]

@@int0x2eplease list the major mistakes you are talking about.

[@ohara.]

@@int0x2e where are these major mistakes ???

[@sohrabataii6038]

This is the greatest video on the history of Iran, bravo !

[@fabiopilnik827]

Finally. I was worried sick about the disappearance of the livestream about a week ago.

[@saeed_2498]

As an Iranian, I was in tears from the beginning to the end of this lecture, as I am aware of the ugly and bloody history of this past 150 years, masking the tremendous beauty and potential of Iran. It was mostly accurate and true Thank you

[@danielmadmon]

Do you agree with the idea that the students broke in the the US embassy just in order to prove then Americans ruined Iranian democracy? How about the Islamic radicalization these students had? If they were so peaceful then why did they keep hundreds employees hostage for months? I don't agree with the professor on this

[@stick80]

Don't feel bad. I am a US citizen and don't feel any ill will towards any Iranian citizen. My country needs to mind its own business.

[@MegaMaz90]

Most depictions of my country are in line with historical data. Some issues are present and some factors driving each event is also missed. These include the following. It's the Persian Gulf and has always been the Persian Gulf. Saddam had plans to disintegrate Iran and saw it as a Nationalist won with a great opportunity as Iran's army collapsed. Shah of Iran was obsessed with the potential communist/socialist competition and utilised the Islamic front as a way to stabilise the Monarchy and advocated freedom of Press for this movement but it backfired. Last 10 yrs of his reign, he had portrayed a superior complex to outcompete the west and make Iran the top 5 economy. The west from then on stopped backing him.

[@rezakarampour6286]

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[@jose98937]

Well said, but I find an orchestrated smear campaign against the shah in these 70 years as if he was a Dictator (and there aren't any demon dictators on this earth, haa! ) just to feed the world the required intel narrative and alienate and fragmentize Iran, which I would say has been effective so far... This gentleman's presentation is also a college-level amusement presentation. More upset I am that the whole internal and external campaigns have been successful in breaking down Iranians' pride and unity and it is a very very sad fact as I can see as a strategist. the teamwork is in sham!

[@stephenconnolly1830]

Actually, it's The Gulf.

[@jose98937]

@@stephenconnolly1830 if you read it right it is " Persian Gulf" !

[@jazminb1000]

@@stephenconnolly1830 says who some typical uneducated Americo?😂

[@saamtech]

What a lecture wow! Thank you! It’s difficult to explain history and sometimes painful history in such eloquent and entertaining way.

[@sepantamontazeri9628]

As an Iranian, I really enjoyed your talk and your support. I'm not sure if it's the right place to ask you this, but do you mind if I put a Persian subtitle on this video and share it with my friends? I think it is critical for our movement to know the picture behind these events to improve our intellectual understanding. Thanks again for everything you did/do. Love, random Iranian.

[@rezakarampour6286]

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[@ba3229]

Please let me know if you did that.

[@Malibu-ku2to]

Dr Roy is a great story teller. 1953 coup d’état was not as easy a Hollywood movie . Yes US helped but the main players were Ayatollah Kashani and General Zahedi,General Nasiri. Coin has to sides!!.

[@homayounsolaimani8856]

I think you will have a better chance to email him directly and ask him about your request. I am positively sure that he would grant you with permission. If in case you were able to add subtitle to the video, another wonderful move you can make is to download the video and save it, thereafter using either telegram, WhatsApp to propagate it. As you know people in iran can’t get into KZbin due to the system controlling the web. In case if you were able to accomplish this novel mission, please contact me by responding right here so I can send you my telegram and WhatsApp info as I would be more than happy to circulate the video so our countrymen can find access and watch it. Best to you and I cross fingers that you can actually do this in part because iranian in iran need to know that there are massive efforts being done in their support Thanks and best of luck

[@homayounsolaimani8856]

I think you will have a better chance to email him directly and ask him about your request. I am positively sure that he would grant you with permission. If in case you were able to add subtitle to the video, another wonderful move you can make is to download the video and save it, thereafter using either telegram, WhatsApp to propagate it. As you know people in iran can’t get into KZbin due to the system controlling the web. In case if you were able to accomplish this novel mission, please contact me by responding right here so I can send you my telegram and WhatsApp info as I would be more than happy to circulate the video so our countrymen can find access and watch it. Best to you and I cross fingers that you can actually do this in part because iranian in iran need to know that there are massive efforts being done in their support Thanks and best of luck

[@drunkbee880]

That is not Iran’s history , that is a western narrative of the Iranian history . It makes as much sense as 300 Spartans holding 2 million Persian soldiers back . Yeah , right . 😅

[@Patriot_123]

Dr. Roy, well done! Your knowledge about Iranian history is accurate, enjoying to listen to you.

[@amiraboodi2075]

Thank you very much for this remarkable lecture. I learned a lot. The speech was so amazing and Mr. Roy Casagranda really speaks with enthusiasm. Good job. Please continue about Iran history from 200 hundred years past till nowadays.

[@JahangirKhan-yj7st]

Beautifully presented, always enjoy his lecture.

[@alidasmeh2521]

Perfect 👍👍. It is the best summary of Iran's contemporary history I have ever heard. there are many books in Iran that explain the whole story but I think the approach he has in this presentation is compatible with all detail of this story.

[@cnyt9191]

Awesome, we need more.

[@esurharun]

Mr. Cassagranda I am a great admirer of your studies I wish you best. Regards from Istanbul.

[@afshinfov4846]

Very well started and very well terminated the history. Tremendous lecturer. I love it. ❤️

[@RealWajahat]

Loved the session as usual

[@amirhosseinjabbari]

The first use of the term Arabian Gulf by western countries was in 1955 by Charles Belgrave to provoke Arabian nationalism in Bahrein. Use of this term by Dr. Roy Casagranda with the excuse that "the British used to call it Arabian Gulf at the time" is NOT accurate.

[@WinCan04]

Exactly.

[@rojanamjadi6281]

Persian Gulf. Always has been, always will be.

[@hamoonkts7144]

Accurately summarized the almost 150 years of Iran’s history. Thanks for honesty and presentation of the truth. Facts even Iranian should be aware of. Very much worth the time to listen to the whole lecture. Strongly recommended.

[@hakukuze7947]

One of the best online classes I’ve seen. This teacher just rocks. Loving the Timothy Snyder on Ukraine too but this guy’s energy is contagious and engaging.

[@curiouscat98]

Amazing lecture! Hope many people listen. Very informative and accurate

[@chaitanya7]

brilliant .. the best youtube lecture on this topic i have seen

[@rezakarampour6286]

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[@Reza090]

Amazing lecture man I learnt so much as an Iranian myself. I think I’m gonna watch some parts a second time. Thank you.

[@zarrinzarneshan507]

Exactly, except the “ Persian Gulf “which is unfortunately deliberately or wrongly referred to as “Arabic Gulf “ by an historian which is absolutely surprising .

[@behzaddanaei3070]

What an amazing lecture!!!! Thank you!

[@jose98937]

really? what is amazing about it?

[@todradmaker4297]

@@jose98937 Dude, if you have a problem with anything that was presented in this lecture state your case.

[@end-is-near]

As a Iranian, I am educated and have a good knowledge about history and politics, but I can't stop watching this man talking, considering the whole story is very painful for me and my country and I already know it all but as a scholar outside of Region he knows the stuff. I wish to be one of his talks. Respct

[@thomase8103]

Thank you for putting this content out.

[@ShobeirSheida]

As an Iranian familiar with the matters discussed, I should mention that there were a few inaccurate things said (e.g. Rafsanjani being a prime minister) but in general this was a very interesting and above all enjoyable talk. Thank you sir, you are a "shirin sokhan" speaker!

[@tryingtobetherealme4763]

Does that translate into Sweet speak?!.

[@ShobeirSheida]

@@tryingtobetherealme4763 literally yes. It means someone who is able to use a language's potential for attraction.

[@Shenakhti]

I'm so thrilled to see many more honest assessments about Iran. We have always been misrepresented and kinda left out of the world since that Qajar times... Iranians just want freedom and liberty, the ruling of just and updatable laws and the opportunity for growth in science, literature, architecture and technologies, which we been great at once in a time. This land still grows Hafiz, Rumi, Ibn-Sina, and Maryam-Mirzakhanis, alas, for so long we have been oppressed and forced to bury our greats before their time comes.

[@sepehrm2252]

Thank you professor, it was great ❤

[@mohammedkoduvamparambath4271]

In the Indian state of Karnataka women are fighting a different battlle for the right to choose, this time the right to choose what dress they should wear, against the repressive majoritarian regime in the provincial state and centre . The only difference is the women here want to wear the dress of their choice - the hijab. Both the womenkind are fighting for freedom- the right to choose

[@Sherbazkhan11]

i watched like 3 of this person's lectures in 2 days lol. its so entertaining and informative

[@macyburke6095]

I absolutely love his lectures, he is so knowledgeable and factual and on the top he delivers so well and captivating!

[@AntoanKurttwan]

I watch all your videos your the most charismatic professor that walked the earth

[@worldpeaceandprosperity1231]

Professor thank you for your Wonderful and truly inspiring history lessons, God bless 🙏

[@ramanujshastry1]

Fantastic talk, as usual 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 what an absolute rock star

[@rezakarampour6286]

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[@oiulti6900]

I love this, thank you! ❤❤❤

[@aemeromedia]

fantastic info! 💪

[@THOREAU79]

I have a lot of respect for the speaker, however, I've watched only 6 minutes of this video and found two major mistakes; there exists more than one map from the Persian Gulf ( by this name) that is several centuries old. Secondly, the discovery at the Masjid Sulaiman, Iran oil field represents the first oil discovery in the Middle East. William Darssi (NOT Reynolds, as most sites on Google claim), an engineer working for what is called PB now, was the first person to do it.

[@rezakarampour6286]

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[@BobMarley-ol6xt]

Hard to say I'm proud to be American after this

[@SuhailAnwarSurgeon]

Another amazing lecture by an amazing man

[@raminfarro]

This guy is the greatest teacher of all time. Such brilliant way of bringing different related information together.

[@faridehhosseiny397]

Thank you so much for the info that I, as an Iranian we’re not aware of. Plus thanks for caring about Iran and it’s history

[@HashemMoradmand]

چقدر گیجن ایرانی ها که این یارو دوست داره انگلیس ایرانو بخوره بعد همه ازش تشکر کردن.

[@abearawad1985]

Glad it’s back on KZbin, enjoyed watching it live and wanted to watch again and share. Thank you and please keep making more and more of these lectures ❤❤❤❤

[@rezakarampour6286]

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[@siamakattarian4420]

This is an amazing talk!

[@cultureclique2173]

OMG, this guy is the epitome of Knowledge. He beautifully and elegantly recounts the history of this planet from 1000 years ago to the present time. What a brilliant man.

[@marinaisananrada3236]

My favorite professor!!! ❤

[@JL-kb5xm]

Greetings Prof. Roy from Abuja, Nigeria. Your lectures are such inspiration! We hear you loud n clear half way around da world. Keep up the good work, much appreciated…. Thank you sir

[@rezakarampour6286]

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[@fredabod6779]

Although I may not personally agree, it can be observed that certain aspects of Dr.Casagranda’s lecture align with Iran's historical events. However, the majority of the lecture appears to contain falsehoods and distortions of reality. For instance, referring to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf and suggesting that Kurds in Iran are deprived of the right to use Kurdish names, despite Kurds being Iranians and sharing common names with other Iranian ethnic groups.

[@waleedal-zubari8708]

Great informative talk... thanks

[@CAMPINGWONDERLAND7866]

Couldn't stop or cut this great speech throughout

[@s.i1905]

Thanks for telling the history such comprehensively and simply put in the word that everyone can understand it .

[@niamulrahmansafi9109]

Sir i hope u will post regularly.. Your lectures are very knowledgeable. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️

[@DJBorhanToronto]

Thank you for this informative and entertaining story of history of Iran

[@mohamadkeshavarzian4789]

that was a great lecture. as an iranian, i should say you understood the situation well enough.

[@sergioperezio5523]

The applause is well deserved. Thanks for a very informative lecture. Keep them coming, please.

[@DaviChaves89]

first applause you ever got? haha you deserve the prestige, roy! i've been loving your lectures. love from BRASIL

[@hejkurdi3052]

Goosebumps throughout the whole lecture

[@momojafar9385]

Pretty sure the Ottoman Empire declined due to new trade routes by Europeans that basically cut them off. Ottomans used to be part of the Silk Road that connected all three continents, however as Europeans found a different trade route via sea to Asia and Africa they essentially cut off the Ottomans. They can now trade directly with Asia and Africa instead of going through Ottoman-controlled provinces. Also, the Europeans had a whole continent to loot and plunder with the discovery of the Americas due to their trying to find these new trade routes via sea. This basically made them outpace the Ottomans.

[@ravansar]

Thank you so much for this incredible fast-track contemporary history of Iran. As an Iranian i mostly knew about most of the historic events which you mentioned, but never anyone put them back to back so nicely like you. I definitely learned more about the history of my country. Also a great thank you for supporting the Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom movement. Hope we all can see the victory of the movement very soon. ✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@maliciouska22]

I am Iranian and I really enjoyed your lecture Dr Cassagranda. Your knowledge on Iran is so elaborate and you notice historical nuances. Please give another lecture on Iran. And I think you can have many Iranian audience if only the video had a Farsi subtitle.

[@rezakarampour6286]

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[@Phraates90]

این آقا پان عرب است! خلیجه همیشه فار!

[@nassehk]

@@Phraates90 شما بعد ادیت کردن هم هنوز فارس رو فار نوشتی.

[@HashemMoradmand]

اولا به انگلیسی می شه پرشین نه فارسی. دوم این که چه زود جوگیر می شین تا یکی از ایران تعریف می کنه. لااقل بفهمید خوب تعریف کرده یا بد..بعدش براش غش کنید.

[@user-zk6bv4ys8l]

One of the happiest and saddiest moments in my life to listen to this professor.

[@muhammadtavakoli4679]

Excellent presentation keep up the good work

[@TheKypshak]

Very informative and interesting, as usual. Thank you!

[@samielkhayri9272]

Dr. Casagranda's talks are always interesting, always informative, and always enjoyable. This one is no exception.

[@rezakarampour6286]

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[@GATE12]

The video is good. I would say the first 20 - 30 minutes were not that so accurate. That is not the problem Ottoman run to. It is far more complicated. I still liked the video. Something important to add: since 1908 there is no gov/state that which applies islam probably even close to 50% incomprension to it supposed to be like by the prophet or first caliphate or even Abbasid. Even Ottoman before 1908 I would give it 50-55%. Not good at least 80% is needed. Islam has nothing against science and it is capitalist at the core detention wise - but different form of capitalism. Islam is against monarchy as God is the only King - especially absolute monarchy (which is the main criticism of many by scholars to Saudi Arabia). That is why Umayyads are bad and that is why there is the word Sultan instead of king. Scholars are not good just because they are scholars, some do lie to God to the people. Which is a big thing in Iran - most importantly started with Savid in the 16th century. Modern Iran is a Neo-Savid whom are a neo-Iran/Persian Empire. Modern Iran top leaders and gov is a Zoroastrian extremist ultra-nationalist racist supremacist Islamophobic Arabophobic state at the core. They just use and lie and manipulate islam and morph it to in a new religion but stitle call it with same name, to confuse and trick. Same story with Savid. They are not even Shia especially after the 80s and especially more after 2003. They stole real Shia. Shia is authentic (except for the module of leadership. But like that is it). It is with 1979 the meme 1350 years fight come from the dead. Then a few years in they mix Savid stuff with it , then a few years it is a whole new religion that is not even any longer monlistic. They mixed catholic like stuff in. Then few more years as we are in close to 2000s it basically divorce islam in a 170 degrees philosophically and core of faith statements. This entire islam thing and religion in iran is a joke - it is just a tool they mainplate. So now both the people of Iran are wrong and the current gov. You can take off your Hijab. Yes u can. Just leave Islam. You do what God says or just leave.

[@mallemehryar9965]

Informative okay, but highly persuasive. So, I listened to him with a load of skepticism in most parts.

[@user-sl6fg7pi6u]

Plz keep churning out more .

[@paulheydarian1281]

Like butter...!!!😆

[@moalmasi]

You have a great deal of knowledge about Iran but you may not be right about Perseus. Perseus and the Persians are not related in any way, mythically or etymologically. Their names sounding similar is just a coincidence. Perseus' name comes from the verb πέρθω, (“to destroy”) literally meaning “the destroyer”. Pars and Parsi were mentioned in Shahnameh of Ferdowsi. Pars was the capital of Cyrus the Great (Kourosh). Iran is composed of many ethnic groups and Parsis are one of them. Thanks a lot for your outstanding lecturs.

[@AmirMaleki]

Dr.Roy, you rock . I'm a fan as of now. You explain elequently the whole deal with Iran in almost 2 hours.

[@fluxibus]

Thank you for this in depth lecture. Apropos the return of the Shah's son, it is my sincerest hope, as someone who grew up in Iran till 1975, that the old and rich diaspora especially the ex-pats in California would shut up and stop trying to return the Crown prince to establish monarchy in the country again. They either don't know (which is amazing) or don't care (which is criminal) that it was the Shah who established political torture prisons, the SAVAK, the selling out of the country's resources to the west, not this ridiculous religious dictatorship. The country has been in a spiral of dictatorship since the CIA and the MI6 deposed our one and only democratically elected leader in 2500 and then sat back saying "oh see how backwards these people are". Thanks for being someone who tells it like it is.

[@mehrmatchstickman]

amazing, thanks for sharing.

[@sagittariusly]

He just told the non-romantic version of Lawrence Of Arabia. Brilliant. I would be surprised if this teacher wasn't on any particular watch-list.

[@arashfarahani4442]

It was a brief and clean lecture about our history… I learned a lot from it and tanks for being a help for us to find the way to achieve democracy… we know what we want the other bully’s got to understand this to… it’s our right and we will achieve our goal… Women Life Freedom ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[@arashfarahani4442]

@@jose98937 what are your examples? On which evidence are you saying this?

[@arashfarahani4442]

@@jose98937 that’s your opinion and let’s agree to disagree

[@arashfarahani4442]

@@jose98937 alright whatever professor… just learn when to stfu 🤫

[@nimashokouhfar52]

I loved it. It was an amazing video.

[@olanosseir3611]

Excellent and very informative. Thank you Professor Roy.

[@mehrdadfazli4680]

Dude as an Iranian I should say you know no less than me, who was born and raised in Iran, about Iran. Aside from academic research you must have been following the news and Iranian social media too closely. I learned a lot about the history of my country from this lecture and reviewed what I experienced in Iran since the green movement. Lets hope that this time Iranians will succeed in achieving democracy.

[@Claxiux]

Like when the US brought democracy to Iraq? Or Afghanistan?

[@danalmariti509]

Democracy is overrated

[@paymanzargar3635]

با همه این داستان که تعریف شد، احمقتر شدی مردک . با احمقهایی مثل تو بیشتر از این انتظار ی نیست. خاک تو کله گوهی که داری، خجالت بکش از اینهمه حماقت و بیشعوری

[@sohailbaba8323]

Although being an avid movie critique for years , I have come to a point in life that anything more than 20 mins seems to bore me. However, Dr Roy and his monologue m has kept me glued for 2 hours now.

[@Blablablarandomguy]

This guy is a great speaker who really captures your interest

[@gondishapur]

The "white" in "White Revolution" was chosen against the two so called reactionary entities of red (the communists) and black (the Islamic clergy). The Shah used to call the clergy "black" reactionaries and the communists, the "red" reactionaries. His designation of "White Revolution" was not based on any presumed racial identity. If we look a little further, we see that it was the alliance of the "red" and the "black" that eventually brought down his monarchy.

[@ismailrahman1203]

Just started following you, I love your ability to connect philosophy with politics and history. I am a fan.

[@ibatan7243]

RACISM AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE IN ISLAM Black people to juhanam aqnd White people to janna 3.106 Abbas - Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr ‘Ibn-Abbâs (On the day of judgement (some) faces will be whitened and (some) faces will be blackened; and as for those whose faces have been blackened it will be said unto them) the angels in-charge of hell will say to them: (Disbelieved ye) in Allah (after your (profession of) belief?) in Allah. (Then taste the punishment for that ye disbelieved) in Allah. 3.106 Jalal - Al-Jalalayn The day of judgement when some faces are blackened, and some faces whitened, that is, the Day of Resurrection. As for those whose faces are blackened, these being the disbelievers, who are thrown into the Fire and to whom it is said in rebuke: ‘Did you disbelieve after you had believed, on the day the covenant was made? Then taste the chastisement for what you disbelieved!’ Yasir Qhadi just threw his own authentic scholars (al-qurtubi and al-razi) under the bus. To answer the question: Black Muslims get the fire...because they are charcoal from the left shoulder of Abraham Video - in Arabic- from Islamic books stating ‘do not shake hands with Blacks = kafer’ or ‘have sex with them and go to juhanam’. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z37beGmDis2Vmqs From Encyclopaedia Britannica: proof of the enslaving of black-African in Irak by the arabs: Zanj rebellion, (AD 869-883), a black-slave revolt against the ʿAbbāsid caliphal empire. A number of Basran landowners had brought several thousand East African blacks (Zanj) into southern Iraq to drain the salt marshes east of Basra. The landowners subjected the Zanj, who generally spoke no Arabic, to heavy slave labour and provided them with only minimal subsistence. In September 869, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, a Persian claiming descent from ʿAlī, the fourth caliph, and Fāṭimah, Muḥammad’s daughter, gained the support of several slave-work crews-which could number from 500 to 5,000 men-by pointing out the injustice of their social position and promising them freedom and wealth. ʿAlī’s offers became even more attractive with his subsequent adoption of a Khārijite religious stance: anyone, even a black slave, could be elected caliph, and all non-Khārijites were infidels threatened by a holy war. Zanj forces grew rapidly in size and power, absorbing the well-trained black contingents that defected from the defeated caliphal armies, along with some disaffected local peasantry. In October 869 they defeated a Basran force, and soon afterward a Zanj capital, al-Mukhtārah (Arabic: the Chosen), was built on an inaccessible dry spot in the salt flats, surrounded by canals. The rebels gained control of southern Iraq by capturing al-Ubullah (June 870), a seaport on the Persian Gulf, and cutting communications to Basra, then seized Ahvāz in southwestern Iran. The caliphal armies, now entrusted to al-Muwaffaq, a brother of the new caliph, al-Muʿtamid (reigned 870-892), still could not cope with the rebels. The Zanj sacked Basra in September 871, and subsequently defeated al-Muwaffaq himself in April 872. Between 872 and 879, while al-Muwaffaq was occupied in eastern Iran with the expansion of the Ṣaffārids, an independent Persian dynasty, the Zanj seized Wāsiṭ (878) and established themselves in Khuzistan, Iran. In 879, however, al-Muwaffaq organized a major offensive against the black slaves. Within a year, the second Zanj city, al-Manīʿah (The Impregnable), was taken. The rebels were next expelled from Khuzistan, and, in the spring of 881, al-Muwaffaq laid siege to al-Mukhtārah from a special city built on the other side of the Tigris River. Two years later, in August 883, reinforced by Egyptian troops, al-Muwaffaq finally crushed the rebellion, conquering the city and returning to Baghdad with ʿAlī’s head. the arabs captured and bought black slaves since pre-islamic period. However, during the islam, the trades flourished enormousely till today. The European were not capturing the black slaves during the 15th century and till the 18th century themselves. The muslims traders had their connections in different areas in Africa already established. Therefore, they bought them from the muslim arabs in bulk and sold them individually in-26- the slave market in The Americas. The Europeans did not castrate the black slaves and this is how they are still visible till today. On the other hand, muslims castrated black men that they have imported to Arabia and this is why there are no blacks in the arab countries except for some in Egypt and Sudan.

[@mdialidadi]

Thanks Roy! You had a hilarious analysis of temporary Iranian history. Your references of the facts inside iran and associating them to actors and factors outside of iran were valid and fascinated me. Just a minor point was that the US oil companies began to show up before the coop. Actually, they were happy that iranians are overthrowing the monoply of british oil companies. Later, they got their share from this markt.

[@mrboss8322]

As always amazing

[@geekogenius]

Thank you for the GREAT talk. Awesome

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[@PaymaanJafari]

While you are so accurate, the starting theme music is Arabic, not Persian. and You know it has been Persian Gulf for thousands of years, all old maps show that.

[@hamedhashemi3726]

Are you sure Germany is a new country and at the time Persian Gulf was called another name? Exactly what sources did you read PROF?

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[@abdishekarchi5687]

A great piece of information on Iran's history, thought in class rooms of Colleges, for the people that look for an accurate account of Iranian torment and trepidation over theist 150 years .

[@efrainandino7300]

I like Cyrus too kind sir. Great job 👏 You bring me joy 🤩 Thank You professor!!!!

[@negarbayat1663]

I'm really amazed how you know exactly everything about Iran👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻I really enjoyed your knowledge and speech👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@robertb2932]

Grate interpretation of that geopolitical area. I am so aware of Iranian history and I love Iran. They are children of Cyrus the Greate . Who as you said had respect for equality in every aspe t of society. I have to mentioned and add that Ghajarieh kings they were womanized as well expect from Opium. That why there were one of incompetent dynasty in Iran history. Long live Iran. We believe in you.