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  • Discover IRAN - Empire - Revolution - Resistance with Alexandra Reeves.

    Discover IRAN - Empire - Revolution - Resistance with Alexandra Reeves.
    Jan 12 2026
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    1 min
  • IRAN - Empire - Revolution - Resistance - Voices in the Streets – Iran Today and the New Revolutionaries

    IRAN - Empire - Revolution - Resistance - Voices in the Streets – Iran Today and the New Revolutionaries
    Jan 12 2026
    Episode 3: “Voices in the Streets” examines modern Iran through the lens of protest, generational change, and defiance. Beginning with the death of Mahsa Amini and the Women, Life, Freedom movement, the episode captures a nation erupting in anger and hope. It explores how young Iranians use social media, underground networks, and cultural expression to challenge authority despite surveillance and repression. The episode contrasts entrenched power with a new generation demanding dignity and rights, while situating Iran within global politics, diaspora activism, and international pressure—asking whether resistance can finally reshape the country’s future.
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    24 min
  • IRAN - Empire - Revolution - Resistance - The Revolution That Changed Everything” – The Making of the Islamic Republic

    IRAN - Empire - Revolution - Resistance - The Revolution That Changed Everything” – The Making of the Islamic Republic
    Jan 12 2026
    Episode 2: “The Revolution That Changed Everything” chronicles the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the birth of the Islamic Republic. Set against the chaos of mass protests and collapsing monarchy, the episode explores why the Shah fell—deep inequality, political repression, and resentment toward Western influence. It follows Ayatollah Khomeini’s rise as a symbol of resistance and examines how a broad revolutionary coalition gave way to clerical rule. The episode also traces the impact of the Iran–Iraq War, international isolation, and sanctions, revealing how sacrifice, ideology, and control reshaped daily life while sowing early disillusionment among a changing society.
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    20 min
  • IRAN - Empire - Revolution - Resistance - The Empire’s Shadow – Iran’s Ancient and Imperial Legacy

    IRAN - Empire - Revolution - Resistance - The Empire’s Shadow – Iran’s Ancient and Imperial Legacy
    Jan 12 2026
    Episode 1: “The Empire’s Shadow” explores how Iran’s ancient past continues to shape its modern identity and political tensions. Beginning amid the ruins of Persepolis, the episode traces Iran’s legacy from the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great through centuries of conquest, cultural survival, and renewal. It examines how Zoroastrian ideas, poetry, language, and art preserved Persian identity under foreign rule, and how modern pressures—from imperial interference to rapid modernization under the Pahlavi dynasty—reignited debates over independence and power. The episode reveals how pride, resentment, and unfinished questions of identity planted the earliest seeds of revolution.
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    21 min