Facing the Inevitable In November 1978, the forces opposed to the Shah of Iran were unstoppable. Even martial law had failed to stem the revolutionary tide. In Washington, the Shah's powerful
American backers were in total confusion, unable to agree on how best to save the regime. Inevitably power was handed over to a civilian government and the Shah himself was forced into exile, a broken man. In the second of two programmes. David Wheeler recalls the traumatic last moments of the Shah's rule with those who helped shape events at the time.
Producer TOM READ