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Radio 4,12 Apr 2019,14 mins

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Narguess Farzad, Senior Fellow in Persian at SOAS, explores the impact of the 1979 revolution in Iran. "The demise of the Peacock Throne and the success of the Islamic revolution in Iran was one of the most staggering events of the second half of the twentieth century ," she says. Producer: Neil Koenig

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