Original version

BBC World Service Australasia

The History Hour

Podcasts

Factual: Life Stories

Factual: History

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

The History Hour: The Iranian Revolution

Discussion & Talk

shah pic.jpg

02/02/2019 GMT

The Iranian Revolution

BBC World Service - The History Hour, The Iranian Revolution

Eye-witness accounts from the revolution that changed Iran and the World in 1979

Eye-witness accounts from the revolution that changed Iran and the World in 1979.

In February 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to Iran in the defining moment of a revolution that would change his country and the whole Middle East. In a special edition of the programme, Rebecca Kesby hears eye-witness accounts from the protestors who brought down the Shah, one of the Ayatollah's aides and an American embassy official taken hostage by Khomeini supporters. She also talks to the BBC Persian Service's special correspondent, Kasra Naji.

PHOTO: Ayatollah Khomeini returning to Iran (Gabriel Duval, AFP/Getty Images.)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The History Hour

The Iranian Revolution

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Australasia

About BBC World Service