The History of the Constitutional Revolution

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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.

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran, from 1906 through the present. This episode is the first in a four-part series, covering the period from 1906 until 1941, from the Constitutional Revolution that imposed constitutional limits on the Qajar dynasty through the 1921 coup that brought to power Reza Khan—who then in 1925 deposed the Qajars and became Reza Shah, the first shah of the Pahlavi dynasty. We end just before the 1941 occupation of Iran by longtime imperial powers, Britain and the Soviet Union, which forced Reza Shah out and replaced him with his son, Muhammad Reza Shah—which is where we will pick up in episode two. RIP Mike Davis. Listen to his Dig interviews here: thedigradio.com/tag/mike-davis Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig Read our newsletters and explore our vast archives at thedigradio.com