1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
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.
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Cast
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self (archive footage)
Nabil Na'eem
Self
Mark Gregory Hambley
Self
Abdullah Anas
Self
Ali Al-Ahmed
Self
Nigel Anthony
Self - Narrator (voice)
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Self
Djavad Khadem
Self
Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
Nooshabe Amiri
Self
Yasser Arafat
Self (archive footage)
Kamal El-Helbawy
Self
Ali El Din Hilal
Self
Houshang Asadi
Self
Farrokh Negahdar
Self
Ebrahim Yazdi
Self
Mahmood Delkhasteh
Self
Mohsen Sazegara
Self
Masoud Behnoud
Self
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