This is a documentary on the reign of the last Shahanshah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi who was overthrown by Khomeini’s Islamic ‘revolution' in 1979.Many aspects of the Shah's rule are evocated : his very personality as a king who hesitated when confronted with difficulties to crack down on dissent and as a king who wanted Iran to attain equality amongst western nations and the free world at large through a quick, ambitious and successful development program.Furthermore, this documentary is based on the testimony of many personalities who took part in Iran’s history in the 20th century. Most notably former Iranian ambassador to the USA, Ardeshir Zahedi and the former British and US ambassadors to Iran as well as ex editor to the Iranian Kayhan daily Amir Taheri.It is, though, surprising that the BBC delivered a quite well balanced documentary when one recalls that this very TV station slandered the Shah and his regime during the seventies and supported dissent by providing...