Persia before Khomeini - The History of Iran in 15 Minutes of Perfectly Restored Film Material

This documentary has been re-edited out from CHRONOS-documentaries "The Heirs of Cyrus the Great" (1974), "Politics of Oil" (1980) and super-8 home movies by Irmgard and Bengt von zur Mühlen.

Iran, or Persia as it was once called, must have been a fun place to visit under the Shah. Before Khomeini, the theocrat, turned the country mediaeval. Pity that this mullocracy cannot be overturned quickly and without bloodshed and normalcy be restored. But who knows? Maybe it can be overturned; and more quickly than we might imagine. Already, one can smell revolution in the air – even from here! – © Mark Alexander