1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution

Name: 1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2022-07-01
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Ruhollah Khomeini, Nabil Na'eem, Mark Gregory Hambley, Abdullah Anas, Ali Al-Ahmed

20221 seasonZDF, ARTE, ARTE

Documentary War & Politics

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During the 1970s the Middle East was a battleground for the Cold War; liberal pro-Western forces battled with pro-Soviet Arab Nationalists and Baathists. But in 1979 a series of events – the Iranian Revolution, Egypt’s peace with Israel, the Mecca Mosque Siege, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan – contributed to a radical change in the mind-set of the region and its leaders. It was the start of the meteoric rise of radical Islam.