Part of a series about Iran's history from Cyrus The Great (Koroush) until the Islamic Revolution of 1980. This is an intriguing documentary, examining the Pahlavi dynasty in an attempt to understand its eventual demise.

A documentary about the reign of the last Shahanshah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was overthrown by Khomeini’s Islamic ‘revolution' in 1979.

Portrait of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi who was the Shah of Iran from 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on February 11, 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi. The film contains rare archival footage of the shah and his family, as well as of various diplomatic missions.

In 1972, the Shah of Iran began televising live the military trials of political prisoners to serve as a deterrent to the opposition. Those on trial were expected to beg for mercy; two of them—Khosrow Goulesorki and Kerramat Danneshian, heads of the Tudeh party—refused and were executed. Through their story this film looks at the Shah's attempt to maintain power while change was already on its way in Iran.

Rich with archival footage, this documentary series presents the cornerstones of Iranian history, from the controversies of the Shah's rule to the controversial victory of the Islamic revolution.

Rich with archival footage, this documentary series presents the cornerstones of Iranian history, from the controversies of the Shah's rule to the controversies of the Islamic revolution and its aftermath.

Raw footage smuggled out of the Islamic Republic of Iran in December 1991, documenting the use of stoning as a form of public execution. Tape contains highly graphic images.

USS NIMITZ, CVN 68 Indian Ocean; pre-flight activities involving USN RH-53D helicopters prior to the Iran Rescue Mission; transfer of a USN RH-53D from hangar deck to flight deck; RH-53Ds in pre-mission paint running up engines on flight deck; Captain John Batzler, USS NIMITZ, Commanding Officer pinning eagles on newly promoted captain.

Amateur footage from the streets of Tehran, Iran, about the Morals Police stopping and questioning women and men about the clothes they are wearing.

Documentary film about nomads in Iran.

Camp Lejeune, February 15, 1988–June 10, 1988: covers retaliatory assault and destruction of Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf on April 18, 1988; briefing of US Marines preparing for the assault aboard the USS TRENTON, LPD 14; marines landing on the oil platform and total destruction of all seven platforms comprising the total site; and debriefing at Camp Lejeune. Includes shots of the damages to USS AMUEL B. ROBERTS, FFG 58, and Target Acquisition Camera (TAC) coverage of the assault.

Christiane Amanpour, who left Iran at the start of the Islamic Revolution, returns 20 years later for a CNN special. She covers the Iranian Revolution and the status of the government of Iran in the late 90s by interviewing her family, elders, and the Iranian youth. The report includes a mixture of old archival footage and footage of contemporary Iran. The highlights of the report are the tales of Western-oriented young people who would rather party and listen to rap music than participate in the Iranian revolution; the “western” English speaking, upper class Iranians who lead a double life and participate in behavior illegal in the Iran of the 1990s; photos and the testimony of a man who was punished for participating in parties; footage of the protests and riots on the campus of Tehran University during the summer of 1999 and interviews with the organizers of the student protests; reports on the use of the internet in Iran and the desire for Western music and films; reports on freedom of the press and a report on publisher Hamid Reza Jalalaipour; interviews with college student, Fatemeh Haghighajou, who is religious, yet wants a different Iranian society; and an interview with Muvadi Savogi, one of the hardest of the hardliners in the Iranian government on the desire for reforms and freedoms.

For centuries, Kurdish nomads have freely crossed the mountainous borders that officially split their homeland between Iran and Iraq. Iran is determined to divide up the Kurds and is spending millions on new roads and military bases along its border with Iraq. It wants to quench support among the Iraqi Kurds for the separatist Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran. KDPI fighters have based themselves in villages in Northern Iraq in preparation for their campaign in Iran. From their mountain vantage points Kurds watch Iranian shells destroy their homes. Torn apart between four countries, the shelling is a reminder of just how vulnerable the Kurdish nation is.

Footage displaying the consequences of the Iranian bombardments of Kurdish villages, particularly the KDP headquarters and the A.M.I. Hospital.