Iran's complicated megacity: Tehran

Tehran is the capital of Iran, the world's only significant theocracy, and the largest city in Western Asia, with a population of 15 million.

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Main sources and videos used:
Iran targets its children https://nyti.ms/3GV54ly
Students join protests https://bit.ly/3u9dePC
Frontline: our man in Tehran https://to.pbs.org/2L4U1FI
Who rules Iran https://bbc.in/3ASba1X
Tehran's middle class on the economy https://bit.ly/3VCqfN0
Renewable energy in Iran, a review: https://bit.ly/3u63RzZ
The Shah of Abbas Milani https://bit.ly/3VxyEBn
Tehran (Wikipedia) https://bit.ly/3UkkRNv
Video: Persia before Khomeini (YouTube) https://bit.ly/3u4noB0
Iranian Diaspora https://bit.ly/3gCuIAR
Video: History of Iran (YouTube) https://bit.ly/3VB59yE

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Chapters
0:00 Episode teaser
0:45 Geography of Iran
1:04 Tehran becomes the capital
1:31 The rise of Reza Khan
1:55 Reza Shah modernizes Iran
2:28 Shah makes enemies
2:59 Britain and the Soviets invade
15:21 CIA MI6 coup to overthrow Mossaddegh
3:51 Reign of Shah Pahlavi
4:01 p.m. Rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
4:14 Islamic Revolution of 1979
4:33 The current government of Iran
5:00 p.m. Millions flee brutal government to America and Europe
5:27 Khomeini makes enemies with the United States: the hostage crisis
5:45 p.m. Saddam Hussein's Iraq invades Iran
5:58 p.m. Mass immigration in Tehran
6:12 Iran's bad economy
6:34 Failure of the nuclear program
6:46 Huge renewable energy potential
7:04 Vulnerability to climate change: heat waves and drought
7:37 Tehran's megaprojects: metro, fast internet, sewers and water
8:02 a.m. Tabiat Bridge
8:10 Tehran youth push for revolution
8:39 The government struggles to contain the protests
8:53 Unprecedented actions by and against schoolchildren
9:05 a.m. Crossing the point of no return
9:15 a.m. What's next?

Located in Western Asia, Iran has eight foreign borders and access to the ocean through the gulfs off its southern coast. Most of the country's 87 million people live in the northwest, where it is cooler in the mountainous steppes home to West Asia's highest peak, Mount Damavand. In 1786, this land became the 32nd capital in the history of Persia, closer to the northern regions that fell under the influence of Russia and Great Britain.

Iran is highly vulnerable to a 1.8°C temperature rise due to climate change, which is one and a half times the global average rise of 1.2°C. A prolonged drought that has decimated its water supply and turned thousands of villages into ghost towns as surrounding farmland dries up.

Several major projects have been carried out in the capital. Tehran now has the largest metro network in the Middle East. Six cent ticket prices and a daily attendance of 3 million ameliorate its terrible traffic and air pollution. Internet speed and penetration have increased 10-fold; Tehran's new integrated sewage and water treatment system is 90% operational; and it is the internationally renowned Tabiat Bridge.

The current supreme leader is an 83-year-old man in questionable health who leads a regime struggling to contain women-led protests demanding full rights and inspiring millions to demand a functioning economy.

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