A Political History of Contemporary Iran

The combination of history, storytelling, and comedy. This guy is truly a master at what he is doing. I would never ever sit and watch a 2 hours of lecture, but yet I was glued to my screen.

It is so dramatic to see how the minor political decisions in Washington and London could change the course of history for countries and nations such as Iran and cause prolonged suffering for millions of people over generations. The saddest part is that these intervenings are still taking place in 21st century in a more complex way

The first use of the term Arabian Gulf by western countries was in 1955 by Charles Belgrave to provoke Arabian nationalism in Bahrein. Use of this term by Dr. Roy Casagranda with the excuse that "the British used to call it Arabian Gulf at the time" is NOT accurate.

Dr Roy's lectures are some of the most bingeable one's out there!! He's made me hooked to this!

roy you are amazing , i am an iranian i have studied my countries history for more than 40 years. No body to date has explaine Iranian contemporary history like you are doing. Iranian people owe you a big gratitude. We are people in big crises at the moment and no help can be bigger than knowing the truth, our history and how we got here. I like to meet you and give you a big hug. Thank you ❤️

I came across dr Roy Casagranda's lecture videos a few days ago and i just can't stop watching and listening to them, the amount of clicks these videos are getting doesn't do justice at all to the quality that we're getting, i hope his lectures go viral soon. His intellect, information, humor and delivery is absolutely incredible. You can feel his love for history when he talks about it, and the way he presents each topic as well as the surrounding circumstances and information about them, which then in turn give you a perfect picture of whats going on when it all connects is absolute perfection. He's just a treasure.

As an Iranian, I was in tears from the beginning to the end of this lecture, as I am aware of the ugly and bloody history of this past 150 years, masking the tremendous beauty and potential of Iran. It was mostly accurate and true Thank you

I am Sunni Muslimah. I love and admire Iran 🇮🇷 and its people. This is the greatest nation ever as it has survived and thriived despite all the odds and unjust economic sanctions.

To refer to the Persian Gulf, at 4:59 you used the highly disputed name "Arabian gulf". Subsequently, you brought the excuse that "At the time the Brits were using it that way", in 19th century. I believe you need to get your historical accounts revisited. The earliest official account of using "Arabian", instead of "Persian", to refer to that body of water was in 1955 by Sir Charles Belgrave, a British advisor to the ruler of Bahrain. Your excuse sounded more of an apology to use the disputed term instead of the original and historical one, "Persian Gulf".

this was legitimately incredible. i learned so much about my country's history.. thank you sir. democracy for Iran.

Thanks Dr Roy. This was a very compacted and interesting Iranian History.

It was one of the greatest speech i have ever seen. Thank you Roy!

Mr. Cassagranda I am a great admirer of your studies I wish you best. Regards from Istanbul.

Thanks professor, for all your efforts and support for Iranian people. Your lecture is amazing & to a large degree quite accurate.

What a lecture wow! Thank you! It’s difficult to explain history and sometimes painful history in such eloquent and entertaining way.

Loved the session as usual

Most depictions of my country are in line with historical data. Some issues are present and some factors driving each event is also missed. These include the following. It's the Persian Gulf and has always been the Persian Gulf. Saddam had plans to disintegrate Iran and saw it as a Nationalist won with a great opportunity as Iran's army collapsed. Shah of Iran was obsessed with the potential communist/socialist competition and utilised the Islamic front as a way to stabilise the Monarchy and advocated freedom of Press for this movement but it backfired. Last 10 yrs of his reign, he had portrayed a superior complex to outcompete the west and make Iran the top 5 economy. The west from then on stopped backing him.

Loved this lecture, for the longest time I wanted to see you do sth like this (I watch since 2018), grateful for spreading good information for free. Thank you

Thank you very much for this remarkable lecture. I learned a lot. The speech was so amazing and Mr. Roy Casagranda really speaks with enthusiasm. Good job. Please continue about Iran history from 200 hundred years past till nowadays.

As an Iranian familiar with the matters discussed, I should mention that there were a few inaccurate things said (e.g. Rafsanjani being a prime minister) but in general this was a very interesting and above all enjoyable talk. Thank you sir, you are a "shirin sokhan" speaker!