Arafat trained the revolution that discarded him | ARAFAT AND THE AYATOLLAH Part 1 of 4

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In the 1970s, Yasser Arafat's guerrilla camps in Lebanon became a school for revolutionaries from around the world — and among his students were the Islamists who followed the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini. The men trained there would go on to build the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard. This is Part 1 of the story of how the teacher armed the revolution that would one day turn its back on him. ▶ Follow for Part 2 — The Embrace: Arafat's triumphant arrival in Tehran, February 1979. Some scenes are cinematic reconstructions of documented events. All quotes, dates, and sources are historically verified. #shorts #history #Arafat #Iran #MiddleEast #Khomeini #Palestine #PLO