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.

I made an error in the video: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was the 4th President of Iran! He was in office 16 August 1989 – 3 August 1997

Suggested music:
1) Baraye (Shervin Hajopour) (This song makes me cry!)

2) Baraye (Rana Mansour version in English)

3) Women's anthem:

4) Another one

5) this is the anthem from 2009 (called My Grade School Friend)

6) Another 2009 song (my country, my country)

[glorkbr]

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

[arian]

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.

[Nerdnp]

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

[rezabeygi]

he smiles and tell every thing and my eyes are filled with tears. We, Iranians lost 1 milion men in that era to hunger. brits and russians cut down many trees . Thank you.

[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

[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".

[sohrabataii]

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

[riyadreza]

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.

[MuslimReverthelp]

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 ❤️

[doctorSuhailAnwar]

Another amazing lecture by an amazing man

[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!

[hakukuze]

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.

[saamtech]

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

[kusha]

The claim by Dr. Roy Casagranda that Persia was named after Zeus's son Perseus is not supported by mainstream historical scholarship. The widely accepted explanation is that the name Persia derives from "Pars" or "Parsa, " the region in southwestern Iran which was the heartland of the Achaemenid Empire.

[xkc]

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

[mehranramsey]

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

[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.

[rojanamjadi]

It’s the Persian Gulf. It always has and it always will be.

[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.

[chaitanya]

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