The Story of Modern Iran From Cyrus the Great to the Ayatollahs

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:16:49 +0000

⁣Iran wasn’t always an Islamic theocracy.
It was once the Persian Empire — the civilization of Cyrus the Great.
So how did a 2,500-year-old civilization end up ruled by Ayatollahs calling for the destruction of the West?