The interviews that turned the Shah into "the tyrant" | THE SHAH WAS RIGHT — Part 3

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After the Shah of Iran took control of his oil, the West's most famous journalists flew to Tehran one after another — Fallaci, Wallace, Frost, Clarkson, Walters. In 1960 the questions were about tennis. By 1976 a CIA verdict was read to his face. And on one question — twenty thousand political prisoners? — the careful counts, made decades later, landed near his number. Part 3 — The Cameras Came. Follow for Part 4 — The Turn. Some scenes are cinematic reconstructions of documented events. All quotes, dates, and sources are historically verified. #history #iran #shah #shorts #documentary