CLASSIC: Imperialism and Iran

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The Islamic Republic of Iran, located in western Asia, has historically been the seat of several massively influential empires. Today, it's home to over 81 million people and some of the world's most lucrative petroleum supplies. Currently tensions between Iran and the West are ratcheting up at an unprecedented rate, and both sides portray the other as unrepentant antagonists hellbent on destruction. So how did we get here? Join the guys as they delve into the strange history of Iran, imperialism, the West and war.

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0:00.0	tonight's classic episode is something that something that still stays with us all today. I think
0:08.8	it stays with me for sure. The history of Iran, which is always called a boogie man in the west.
0:15.3	It's a little more complicated than that. Yeah, I would just say I learned a ton in the research
0:20.4	for this episode. Stuff that I was never taught in school. Stuff that was completely alien to me
0:25.3	when it comes to history, like rich, rich history of a country that's in the news all the time.
0:30.9	Matt, would you say you learned a little bit of stuff they don't want you to know? Yeah.
0:36.0	Let's jump right in. From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies,
0:41.3	history is riddled with unexplained events. You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't
0:47.6	want you to know. Welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. My name is Noel. They call me Ben.
1:05.4	We are joined with our super producer, Paul Mission Control Deckett. Most importantly,
1:09.6	you are here. That makes this stuff they don't want you to know. And we are recording on breaking
1:19.0	news this time around the table, right? Let's start with the most recent news as we're recording.
1:27.6	On May 8, 2018, the US, the United States, announced that it was withdrawing from the joint
1:34.0	comprehensive plan of action or the JCPOA for those of us who are acronym fans. I'm a fan.
1:40.7	It's also known as the Iran deal. Yeah, they're the Iran nuclear deal here in the states, right?
1:46.5	That's an easy way to explain it in a few syllables on the evening news. And this decision was met
1:53.0	with pretty widespread consternation from some of our allies and fellow participants in this deal.
2:01.8	I guess we're going to go into why that might be. Yeah, it's certainly a subject that is just
2:07.1	rife with complexity. And we're going to look into the history today. We're going to look into
2:12.3	what it could mean for everyone involved. And let's talk about the deal itself.
2:17.2	True. Yeah, the deal was signed into effect in 2015 by members of the UN's permanent security
2:24.1	council, essentially the winning side of World War II, plus Germany and the EU as its own entity,
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