00:04:29.800well hello and good evening everyone thank you for joining me for another one of our
00:04:50.200watch parties a special hello to our members as well as all the mods thanks for being here
00:04:56.360um i didn't have one last night and i actually didn't do my daily live stream this morning
00:05:01.000because i was feeling a little bit under the weather but i'm feeling much better now so we're
00:05:05.380back and uh we're back to our regular normal schedule so i figured that tonight i would
00:05:11.880show a documentary of what iran was like prior to the 1979 islamic revolution and i'm feeling a
00:05:20.560little bit hopeful about this one and the reason is because this documentary was actually produced
00:05:25.920in 1974. So unlike a lot of the more, you know, modern documentaries that were created
00:05:34.600post-1979 Islamic Republic, you know, that has a lot of that, you know, Islamic,
00:05:42.920like Islamist narrative and the communist narrative in there, because this one is from 1974,
00:05:48.840I'm hopeful that it's not going to have any of that sort of, you know, propaganda, fake news that the Islamists and the communists keep on pushing out.
00:05:59.840And, you know, given some of the more difficult news that has been coming out of occupied Iran recently, especially with respect to the brutal murder of Omid Starlak, a 25-year-old Iranian man, just for the crime of wanting to live in a free Iran.
00:06:18.840I figured we could use, you know, a lighter documentary, something to, you know, give us hope, especially for the Iranians watching, to give Iranians hope that we can go back to what Iran was before.
00:06:33.280But I also hope that for those of you watching either on the live stream or those of you who watch the recorded version of this, I hope it also gives you a little bit of insight into what Iran was like before 1979.
00:06:45.840we were a modern western secular country and society and you know that's exactly what we're
00:06:53.980fighting to to get back to so a lot of you you know ask well what's Iran going to look like the
00:07:00.280day after the Islamic Republic is overthrown I can confidently tell you what Iran will look like
00:07:08.000because we've already experienced it and so what we are fighting for as a nation is to go back to
00:07:15.460what we had prior to 1979 so you know in reality iran's past is also her future so
00:07:24.820with that uh just a quick message for um our our viewers on x
00:07:45.460All right. For those of you who don't speak Persian, I basically just let our Iranian viewers on X know that if they want to share their comments with people to join our English channel live stream on YouTube and they can share their thoughts and comments there.
00:08:07.300So without further ado, let's begin. This documentary is called Iran Under the Pahlavi Dynasty, The Heirs of Cyrus the Great, full documentary, 1974, scanned in 4K.
00:08:19.900Our newly scanned documentary in 4K resolution from 1974 shows the state of Persia, I mean the country is called Iran, not Persia, in the early 20th century and the rise to power of the Pahlavi dynasty, the founding of the modern imperial state of Iran with political and cultural changes to the everyday life as well as its fate in World War II and the Cold War
00:08:47.980under the forced outside influence of the global superpowers and the further societal modernization
00:08:55.940under Shah Mohammad Rezaev until shortly before the outbreak of the Iranian revolution.
00:09:04.020So let us get started. I am hopeful for this documentary. I'm hoping that it will,
00:09:11.200you know provide an objective view of of what happened uh you know in you know what occurred
00:09:21.000in iran uh during the 20th century again because this is from 1974 i have high hopes
00:09:26.900so i'm actually going into this with a rating of 7 out of 10 let's see what happens
00:09:41.200yeah for anyone who also claims that iran was always a muslim country
00:09:56.660um it's all nonsense anyone who you know actually bothers to take some time to look at what iranians
00:10:04.300looked like and dressed like prior to 1979 you can easily see like the images that you're seeing
00:10:10.040right now, this could be any European city in the 70s, right?
00:10:40.040Iran today, a country brimming with energy, exploding with construction and development,
00:11:06.620A dynamic state with a thriving capital.
00:11:26.340The most modern achievements under a monarchy dating back 2,500 years.
00:11:36.620so that is the iconic um that's a very iconic tower right that's called the um
00:11:48.380borja shahyad or the shahya tower that was built in 1971 so um at the time of the production
00:11:56.060of this documentary um this was only um three three years old at the time
00:17:36.840I mean, you can you can also even see even like the women, like, you know, the women who wore hijab, they never wore like the black, you know, blanket garbage bag type shrouds, right?
00:18:00.200that the current Islamists force women to wear.
00:18:03.060Even back then, the hijab that they wore,
00:18:05.500you know, it was different colors, it was bright,
00:18:08.080and it wasn't, like, overpowering either, right?
00:30:45.360They even went so far as to free convicted robbers to enlist them in their auxiliary
00:30:50.420Yeah, Major, you make a good point about how that worked out for Armenia, because under the Qajar dynasty, they were so weak, they gave away the province of Armenia, Armenia being predominantly Christian, right?
00:31:18.660And then, unfortunately, then, you know, Turkey got involved, and then that's where the Armenian genocide happened.
00:31:25.220I have a feeling that if Armenia had still been a part of Persia at the time and continued to be a part of Persia, the Armenian genocide might have never happened.
00:39:06.440So that's important guys, because a lot of the Islamists and communists, in order to
00:39:12.800to justify the Islamic revolution, they claim that the Pahlavis were puppets of, you know,
00:39:18.320the British or puppets of the Russians. As you can tell, that wasn't the case whatsoever. In fact,
00:39:23.120he went in because the Russians and the Brits had too much power. He went in and he basically put
00:39:28.500an end to that. So again, you know, it's just, it's just like that, like, is Islamist jihadi
00:39:35.540propaganda where they just twist the narrative, right? Like they just lie. Everything that comes
00:39:40.900out of their mouth is a lie the government's troop movements had been seriously hampered by
00:39:57.620the almost complete lack of adequate roads one of reza's first actions was to start construction of
00:40:03.700a network of main roads a task accomplished with largely inadequate means but with much enthusiasm
00:40:10.900in 1925 the last shah of the khadja dynasty who had spent most of his time traveling abroad
00:40:23.540as here in rome with italy's king umberto was deposed by the majlis iran's parliament
00:40:29.940reza han then prime minister is elected shah okay guys so that's really important did you hear that
00:40:38.600So anyone who says that the Pahlavi dynasty came in through a coup d'etat and, you know, they forced their way in, complete and utter nonsense.
00:40:46.860As you just heard, I'm going to replay this part because this is important.
00:40:50.780So as you just heard, it was the majlis, the parliament itself, right?
00:40:55.340The democratically elected parliament of Iran got rid of the previous dynasty because they had the authority to do so under the constitution of Iran.
00:41:05.380And then the prime minister at the time, who was Rizal Khan, was then democratically elected to become the Shah of Iran.
00:41:15.240Do you see that? So no coup, no war, no nothing.
00:41:19.880So anyone and everyone who claims that the Pahavi dynasty came to power through like a coup or whatever,
00:41:26.360either they don't know their history about iran or they are lying and they hope that you won't go
00:41:32.840and actually look into it for yourself right let me play this part again because it is critical
00:41:38.260guys it's critical complete lack of adequate roads one of raza's first actions was to start
00:41:45.220construction of a wait i think i went too far ahead let me go back okay here we go
00:41:51.880province of Mizan Dharan near the Caspian Sea in northern Persia in a modest little house.
00:42:05.880But eventually, firm control over the whole country was established.
00:42:09.880National sovereignty was paralleled in the international field.
00:42:12.880Within five days of the new government's reign, all Russian concessions in Iran were abolished,
00:42:18.880concessions for Britain granted by the old government cancelled with the
00:46:06.160He was actually nationalizing all of those industries that under the previous dynasty had basically been monopolized by foreign influence, right?
00:49:54.100there are parallels and similar interests of the two states like iran afghanistan is a muslim state
00:50:04.580like iran she has the giant neighbor in the north russia and has had to cope with foreign
00:50:09.700intervention in the past and the exercises performed as a show for the guest the traditions
00:50:15.220of the zur hannah the house of strength are a wait can we just can we just appreciate how
00:50:20.500he pronounced let's go back this was actually kind of cute i want to let's appreciate how he
00:50:27.220pronounced so for those of you those of you who don't know is like um think of like um you know
00:50:35.380you know those group fitness classes it's similar to that think of like the iranian version of
00:50:41.060crossfit okay crossfit like from 100 years ago or you know not 100 like thousands of years ago because
00:50:46.580because the the zurhune tradition is thousands of years old um literally like people would get
00:50:53.140together with these weights and they would like do weight exercises while you know people played
00:50:58.340music in the background for the rhythm so it's a very very like traditional persian thing um a very
00:51:04.980interesting and you know cool part of of our heritage and culture but i just i just let's
00:51:10.020Let's just appreciate how he pronounces Zur Khunah.
00:51:12.520Zur Khunah literally means house of strength.
00:51:17.200So Khunah is house and Zur is like strength.
00:51:20.780So it's like literally like powerhouse.
00:51:23.040...and similar interests of the two states.
00:51:25.780Like Iran, Afghanistan is a Muslim state.
00:51:29.180Like Iran, she has the giant neighbor in the north, Russia,
00:51:33.000and has had to cope with foreign intervention in the past.
00:51:36.240And the exercise is performed as a show for the guests,
00:51:39.220The traditions of the zur hana, the house of strength, are a symbol of the strength needed to maintain sovereignty in such a precarious situation.
00:52:04.940Another state visit with another neighbor.
00:52:07.660Reza Shah, this time not the host, but the guest.
00:52:11.720Visit to Kemal Atatürk, founder of New Turkey.
00:54:32.580So they didn't like the fact that Rizal Khan basically, Rizal Khan was, you know, giving women the right to choose how to live their lives.
00:54:42.640participation in public life under rigid orthodox muslim rule women and girls under reza shah
00:54:49.620have virtually liberated from their confinement to the house against bitter resistance from large
00:54:54.460segments of the clergy did you hear that against bitter resistance from large segments of the
00:55:01.600clergy so it was the islamic clergy shia who had a problem with the fact that reza khan said to
00:55:08.180women you don't have to wear like you know the islamic chador if you don't want to um the women
00:55:14.280loved it women were happy like right like women started dressing like normal human beings but
00:55:20.420the islamic clergy didn't like that it upset them right because it offended their allah or whatever
00:55:25.180girls studying modern household methods new and healthier nutrition hundreds of new schools are
00:55:34.000built. For the first time, compulsory government-sponsored primary education. The first
00:55:39.440Persian university is inaugurated. Numerous young Iranians are sent abroad to study with
00:55:44.860state financing. In addition to the university's medical faculty, systematic medical training
01:09:05.440tehran 1943 this is the city where the wait before we continue so so we just finished um
01:09:30.160the part about Reza Khan the Great. I just want to share something with you guys to give you an
01:09:38.660understanding of like how much, how much Iranians actually love, not just the Pan-Nabi dynasty,
01:09:51.680But how much Iranians actually love Rizal Shah the Great?
01:09:58.880Guys, so the Islamic Republic has constantly tried to, they constantly tried to smear the Pahnavi dynasty in order to justify the Islamic occupation of Iran.
01:10:16.160And yet every single time they've done so, it has failed miserably.
01:10:19.900um a while ago i don't know how long ago but you know at least um like at least over five years ago
01:10:28.000um the islamic republic came out with this tv series about you know the pahlavis or whatever
01:10:34.300and the whole thing is like a propaganda piece to try and like um make them look like these
01:10:39.300dictators and authoritarians or whatever um and then there's this like one scene where israel
01:10:43.980Shah the Great, supposedly, like, beats up an Islamic regime cleric, like, like, he, they beat
01:10:50.860up a mullah, right? Like, we call them Ahund in Farsi. So, at one point, like, the, you know,
01:10:57.440TV series shows a clip of Riz Asha beating up an Ahund. By the way, it never happened. He never
01:11:03.140beat up Islamic clerics. But this is how much Iranians hate the Islamic Republic, and how much
01:11:09.840they actually love the Pahavi dynasty. Someone actually took that clip, okay, took that clip,
01:11:17.200this person here, Dear Mango, and they edited it. So now there's literally a 10-hour video on
01:11:25.500YouTube called Reza Shah beating an Ahund for 10 hours straight. It has 49,000 views. And I'm just
01:11:35.860going to read some of the comments for you here. Where are the comments here? Wait, where are the
01:11:41.900comments? Wait, show us. Guys, where are the comments here? Oh, there we go. I like this.
01:11:52.500Wait. Okay. More transcript license. Okay. I can't find the comments right now. But anyway,
01:12:02.920let me let me just play this for you so you can get a sense of like how much Iranians
01:12:08.540love Rizal Shah the Great and how much they actually um hate the dictators
01:12:14.800and like every time every time that I'm like upset or angry I will literally search this
01:12:25.380video and I will just watch it because for some reason it's like ASMR for me and it's just like
01:12:31.160know it makes me feel better so so this guy you know this guy here is supposed to be like this
01:12:42.360actor is you know reza reza shah the great so apparently he's gonna now like go beat up some
01:12:47.480again like this never happened right like like reza shah never beat up the islamic clerics
01:12:53.800um but but the islamic regime made this propaganda piece to try and defame him instead it backfired
01:13:02.920because every single time the islamic republic tries to put out defamatory propaganda pieces
01:13:09.080about rizosha the great or muhammad rizosha iranians will just use it and you know
01:13:15.000they'll just, they'll just make fun of the Islamic Republic and my favorite part
01:13:43.620here right like like the islamic republic wants us to think that this evil demonic islamic cleric
01:13:52.260is the good guy and riz asha the great is the bad guy right which is a complete opposite like
01:13:58.180like this this evil demonic ayatollah is the bad guy and of course rizzo riz asha is the good guy
01:14:13.620I love what he says, that's my favorite part.
01:15:45.860Conference of the Big Three will take place.
01:15:48.140a conference decisive for the fate of the post-war world.
01:15:57.400Strangely enough, the Russian embassy was to be the home for America's President Roosevelt,
01:16:02.500as well as for Stalin, while Churchill was living in the British legation.
01:16:08.280Toward the end of 1943, the big three are, of course, preoccupied with the big decisions
01:16:13.620which would determine their future mutual relationship.
01:16:18.140In commemoration of the Battle of Stalingrad, a sword of honor is presented by Churchill to Stalin.
01:16:30.140At that time, quite a few of the British military leaders are convinced that the Battle of Stalingrad not only saved Russia from defeat, but also Iran from a German invasion.
01:16:48.140Three cheers for Churchill, who celebrates his birthday while in Tehran.
01:16:52.980A fur cap and other souvenirs of Iranian handicrafts.
01:16:56.220I did not know that Winston Churchill celebrated one of his birthdays in Tehran.
01:20:32.840So a lot of Jews in Europe who were fleeing from the Holocaust actually came to Iran and then eventually from Iran had safe passage to Israel.
01:20:44.640I don't know if this is going to get into that, but I just wanted to point that out as well.
01:20:48.240Iran's Iranian railway hauled three out of every five tons of supply delivered through the corridor to Soviet receiving points.
01:20:57.920Reza Shah forged in the Iranian railway, a powerful weapon against the very Germans whose friendship hastened the wartime occupation and his abdication.
01:21:07.540The American deliveries alone are sufficient to maintain 60 divisions in the line.
01:21:12.100So Iran, one of the main keys to the Allied success, is called the bridge of victory.
01:21:18.240whoa look at that you never hear about that in world war ii narratives you never hear about the
01:21:24.560bridge of victory which was iran one of the key aspects of of beating hitler no one ever speaks
01:25:17.660In those days, Muhammad Reza Shah takes advantage of the unique role of the Americans
01:25:22.480who had not invaded Iran and had no imperialist past there, as had the Russians and English.
01:25:28.900Those war years mark the beginning of a close American-Iranian relationship.
01:25:34.260Right, so again, the entire narrative that the Shah was a puppet of the West, he was a puppet of America, it's 100% nonsense.
01:25:47.280It's just this fake news, taqiyya, Islamic propaganda that the Islamic clergy and communists, right, the anti-imperialists, they have imposed on the Shah in order to legitimize them taking Iran and turning into a 7th century Islamic hellhole governed by Sharia law.
01:26:11.360As you can tell, even this documentary said, there was no, you know, when the Americans came, it was just friendship right from the beginning.
01:26:22.920And so the allyship and the friendship between Iranians and Americans was actually forged during World War II.
01:33:12.820And then, again, Moscow interfered during World War I.
01:33:16.840And now again, you're seeing another example of Russian interference where the Russians were trying to push communism into Iran because the communists, you know, the Soviets have always tried to, they've always wanted control of Iran and Iran's resources.
01:33:35.520this and you know unfortunately you know after like almost two two centuries of of effort they
01:33:43.080were successful in 1979 right because the 1979 Islamic Revolution was actually funded by the
01:33:49.940Soviets and there's a reason that after the 1979 Islamic Revolution the Islamic Republic became a
01:33:56.620huge ally of Russia even to this day where the Islamic Republic is literally selling oil
01:34:03.740um and drones and like military equipment to the soviets to fund their war against ukraine so keep
01:34:10.400that in mind guys this you know this russian interference um happening for a long time
01:34:16.000unfortunately they were successful in 1979
01:34:19.460sorry i saw in the comments yeah like like jimmy carter 100 percent is
01:34:33.560at fault as well jimmy carter was such an idiot that he thought that the ayatollah you know just
01:34:39.560because the ayatollah so-called you know wasn't a communist that um they would be able to control
01:34:46.120the ayatollah but the ayatollah was actually funded by the soviets right so it all goes back
01:34:51.560to the soviets and jimmy carter was such an idiot that he fell for the russian disinformation and
01:34:56.680propaganda mr president any sovereign state the foreign troops are continuing to remain
01:35:06.120in its territory without its consent beyond the date authorized by treaty such complaints
01:35:16.440present grave issues under article 2 of section 4 of the charter of the united nations as to the
01:35:25.080quote the threat or the use of force against the territorial integrity or the political
01:35:33.800independence of any state or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the charter
01:35:43.000when the soviets evacuate as a boy john they leave behind a communist puppet regime
01:35:48.200which declares iran's northwestern province independent yet this regime is overthrown
01:35:53.720as soon as the red army is gone finally the iranians are again masters in their own house
01:36:00.920but since during the war the occupying powers had enforced priority number one for their interest
01:36:06.360iran's economy is in terrible condition nothing could be done in all these war
01:36:11.560years to develop the country on the contrary it had been bled white so iran is poorer than ever
01:36:23.720After reestablishment of central power, Iran must regain international respect, first steps
01:36:38.740to that goal where even a poor country can compete in the field of sports. Apart from
01:36:44.340their favorite traditional pastime, polo, the Iranians are preparing themselves for
01:36:48.600first olympic games after the war they'll be extraordinarily successful in weightlifting
01:36:54.280and wrestling oh where where's our wrestling where's our wrestling fan in the comments here
01:37:02.120see wrestling is one of those ancient um iranian sports that's just part of our culture and heritage
01:37:08.920so of course iranians are going to be good at wrestling in the olympics right it's just
01:50:19.340back by the extreme left the communist oriented today party and the extreme
01:50:29.540So they say backed by the extreme left, the communist-oriented Tudeh Party. It wasn't communist-oriented. The Tudeh Party was actually founded in Moscow and it was funded by the Russians, by the Soviets, right?
01:50:48.160So the two-day party in Iran, anyone who's a member of the two-day party, we actually consider them traitors because the two-day party is not an organic party in Iran.
01:51:00.120It was literally created by the Soviets as an attempt to bring Iran under the Iron Curtain and turn Iran into a proxy of the USSR in the 40s and 50s.
01:51:16.480And what they don't mention when he says the extreme right, right?
01:51:24.620The extreme right, that's the Islamic clergy.
01:51:28.200So these riots and unrest that you're about to see in Iran in the 1950s, right?
01:51:35.160You know, the so-called like coup or coup d'etat or whatever that the people put out there.
01:51:44.720guys you have to refresh if you're not seeing the stream and you're on youtube refresh because it's
01:51:53.400back um anyways so the the unrest that you're about to see okay the unrest you're about to see
01:52:02.940um happening in the 1950s the documentary like he just said it was it was organized by
01:52:10.760Mossaddiq. Mossaddiq was a Russian asset. He was funded by the Soviets. And then when they talk
01:52:18.940about the extreme right, the extreme right, those are the Islamic clergy. So the unrest,
01:52:26.480it was not organic. It was not the Iranian people. It was the communists and it was the Islamists,
01:52:33.380right? So this is the context for what you're about to see happening in like 1953.
01:52:39.300Their aim, to overthrow the Shah, who has decided to dismiss his prime minister, whose policy he feels is disastrous for the country.
01:52:52.220And the fact that the Shah dismissed Mossadir, that is within the constitutional powers of the Shah.
01:53:01.160The Shah appoints the prime minister, the Shah can remove the prime minister and appoint someone else.
01:53:07.520So the reason the Shah removed Mossadir is because Mossadir was working for the Soviets.
01:53:14.240He was trying to take control of the country.
01:53:16.560He also tried to suspend the parliament, right?
01:53:20.900So the Shah got rid of him, as he should.
01:53:23.220That's the purpose of the Shah, to protect the country.
01:53:26.200And the people you see protesting, they're not regular Iranians.
01:53:29.820These are the communists who are paid by the Russians.
01:53:33.160Does this remind you of what you're seeing currently in Western countries, right?
01:53:38.820All of these jihadi Islamists and the, you know, Antifa communist people who are joining together for like the pro-Balistine, you know, pro-Hamas demonstrations and rallies.
01:53:51.500We've already seen this in Iran in the 1950s.
01:53:54.580For a short time, it seems as if this rebellion directed by the Prime Minister against the monarch is successful.
01:54:08.440But when opposition papers manage to publish the news that Mossadegh has been dismissed,
01:54:13.300a fact which until then was kept secret by the Premier, the wave rolls back.
01:54:18.560Demonstrations in favor of the Shah, in which the military joins too,
01:54:22.560although Mossadegh had recently removed many high-ranking officers loyal to the Shah.
01:54:27.960Right? So Mossadegh had already tried to take control of the military.
01:54:31.980He removed a bunch of officers, even though he didn't have the constitutional authority to do so.
02:00:54.460M word. Right. I can't say the M word here because the stream, like whenever I speak about M and whenever I point out the false narrative about M.
02:01:16.940OK, I'm back now. This is wild. This is this is so bizarre.
02:01:47.340this this is an adventure people this is an adventure like i don't know i mean
02:01:58.300like this is literally videos um from like the 1940s well now now now we're in the 1950s
02:02:08.220and um wow okay this is uh this is very interesting okay so
02:02:17.340Okay, guys, so we are at the 53 mark right now, 53-minute mark for this documentary.
02:02:27.500I think I'm going to stop the documentary here, and let's finish watching the second half of it tomorrow night,
02:02:38.140because I feel like, I don't know, I don't know, like, obviously, there's a target on my back right now.
02:02:46.760so we'll stop here we'll finish the rest tomorrow you know we'll take a you know we'll have a
02:02:53.600a clean break a fresh start um and yeah we'll we'll finish the the second half tomorrow night
02:03:00.720and uh but but so far for this documentary as of right now I'm giving this um a nine out of ten
02:03:09.940The only reason I'm giving it a 9 is because they referred to Muhammad Reza Shah taking the throne as a coup d'etat, even though it wasn't.
02:03:21.540And then they also referred to Reza Shah the Great as a coup, even though that wasn't either.
02:03:29.380So yeah, but I'm at a 9 right now, 9 out of 10.
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02:04:08.120I will see you guys tomorrow at 12 noon for my regular daily show. Tomorrow, we're going to talk
02:04:15.340about the pro-Balastine terrorists who attacked Jews in Toronto. There's some very scary, very
02:04:25.040horrific footage that's coming out. But we're going to talk about that. We're going to talk
02:04:29.240about the rising antisemitism in Toronto. We're going to talk about Islamic radicals and how
02:04:35.400they've become more emboldened. We're also going to talk about how Olivia Chow is an embarrassment
02:04:41.400and Olivia Chow has basically become a tool for, you know, appeasing and placating the Islamic0.99
02:04:49.000terrorists who are currently running Toronto. So yeah, see you all tomorrow at 12 noon Eastern.
02:04:55.840Thank you, everyone, and as always, payan de iran, javitsha.