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Ann an sreath 霉r de ch貌mhraidhean le daoine a chunnaic tachartasan m貌ra an t-saoghail le an s霉ilean fh猫in, tha Iain Moireasdan a' c貌mhradh ri Joe MacN猫ill mu ar-a-mach Ioslamach Iran ann an 1979. Bha Joe ag obair dha companaidh Ameireaganach ann an Tehran aig 脿m nuair a bha r矛gh na d霉thcha, an Shah, a' feuchainn ris an d霉thaich a thoirt air adhart gu bhith nas coltaiche ri d霉thchannan an iar.

Ach bha an suidheachadh poilitigeach a' f脿s cugalach, le Ioslamaich agus oileanaich a' coiteachadh an-aghaidh an Shah. Mu dheireadh, b' fheudar dha Joe agus a theaghlach an d霉thaich fh脿gail beagan l脿ithean mus do dh'fhalbh an Shah fh猫in. Th脿inig an cl猫ireach, an Ayatollah Khomeini, a-steach mar cheannard air poblachd Ioslamach le modhan agus laghan st猫idhichte air a' chreideamh Ioslamach.

John Morrison interviews guests who witnessed major world events. This episode sees John in conversation with Joe MacNeil about his experience of the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979.

Joe was working for an American company in Tehran at a time when the Shah was trying to modernise the country along western lines. But at the same time, the political situation was worsening with secular and clerical opponents demanding his removal. Eventually Joe and his family were forced to leave Iran in January 1979, along with fellow expatriates.

The Shah and his family were forced into exile soon after and at the beginning of February the fundamentalist Islamic cleric Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to become leader of the newly declared Islamic Republic.