Iran: Legacy of a Revolution

Featuring interviews with Abbas Abdi, Ervand Abrahamian, Dr. Farhad Aftar, Hussein Alaie, Ali Ansari, Nazanin Ansari, Reza Ansari, Assadolah Badamchian, Shaul Bakhash, Daniel Brumberg, Shirin Ebadi, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Zahra Eshraqi, Dr. Ahmed Etemad, Shideh Gourani, Ayatollah Mehdi Karoubi, Lowell Bruce Laingen, John Limbert, Abbas Milani, Mohsen Mirdamadi, Ata’ollah Mohajerani, Seyed Ali Akhbar Mohtashamipur, Hojatolislam Seyed Hamid Rohani, Barry Rosen, Hashem Sabbaghian, Mohsen Sazegara, Ebrahim Yazdi, Marvin Zonis.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

See, also, Rageh Omaar, “I Knew the Shah”; “I Knew Khomeini”; and “Iran: Anatomy of a Revolution.”


Rageh Omaar is a Somali-born journalist, formerly of BBC, now working for Al Jazeera.  For a view of contemporary Tehran, see his BBC documentary Rageh inside Iran (2007).   Rageh Omaar’s “Anatomy of a Revolution” was broadcast by Al Jazeera on 9 February 2008, as part of Al Jazeera’s series on the Iranian revolution.  Click here to see other programs on Iran by Al Jazeera.