Origins of the Iranian Revolution

Watch this lecture. What long-term causes of the Iranian Revolution does O'Brien identify? What were the immediate triggers that precipitated the outbreak of the Revolution? How does the situation in pre-revolutionary Iran in the 1970s compare to pre-revolutionary France in the late 18th century and pre-revolutionary Mexico in the early 20th century? What are the most important differences?

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