Chrome360 | IRAN SERIES | Briefing - Professor Ali Ansari | 1 Sept 2017

Iran - better known in the West as Persia until the overthrow of the last Shah in 1979 - has a complex relationship with the West.     ALI ANSARI, Professor of Iranian History at the University of St Andrews, explores the central role played by the Persians in the foundation of the West, the many cultural links between the two civilisations, and how the 1906 and 1979 revolutions have shaped modern Iran. CONTENTS: Persia or Iran (1.53)| History and Myth (4.32)| Arab Muslim Conquests (8.02)| Omar Khayyam (10.13)| Ferdowsi and the Shahnameh (12.28)| Mongol Conquest (15.07)| Rise of the Safavids (17.54)| Emergence of Europe (19.20)| Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty (23.18)| Revolution - 1906 and 1979 (26.00)| Last Word (28.05). MUSIC | Dr Saeed Talajooy with Dr Parmis Mozafari on santoor (dulcimer) and daf (frame drum). PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the Institute for the Study of War and Strategy, University of St Andrews | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.