Iran: 1906-1941 w/ Eskandar Sadeghi & Golnar Nikpour
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The History of the Constitutional Revolution
According to the history, the constitutional revolution came to an abrupt halt in 1908 when Muhammad Ali Shah had his troops mount a military coup. But the result of the coup was a civil war won by the constitutionalists. The British and the Russians view the movement with great suspicion and get directly involved with the reactionary efforts to push back constitutionalist gains. This is absolutely a counter-revolution.
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