Let’s talk about history first. The Pahlavi Dynasty in Iran was established in the 1920s. The old Pahlavi king established a dictatorship. During World War II, the Soviet Union occupied northern Iran, and Britain and the United States occupied southern Iran. So in 1943 the US-UK-Soviet summit was held at the Soviet embassy in Tehran. At that time the old Pahlavi king had to abdicate to the later Pahlavi king, his son. After the end of World War II, the relations between Iraq and the United Kingdom and the United States tended to be closer. The United Kingdom and the United States provided a lot of support and assistance to Iraq in politics and military, and also took the opportunity to control the economic lifeline of Iraq. In 1951, the Mosaddegh government announced the "nationalization" of oil. In 1953, the Mosaddegh government was overthrown due to a coup planned by the United Kingdom and the United States, and the Pahlavi King established a dictatorship. King Pahlavi implemented "reforms" and achieved certain results. Iran has become a powerful country in West Asia. Pahlavi's "reform" did not pay attention to solving the basic contradictions of society, so it caused social contradictions to intensify. Especially the expansion of religious power. In the late 1970s, Iranian society was in turmoil. The Pahlavi king had to go into exile. The religious leader Khomeini, who had been in exile in Paris, France, returned to his country to take power and established an Islamic republic with the integration of politics and religion. The first thing to do is to extradite the exiled King of Pahlavi. To this end, the entire US Embassy in Tehran was held hostage. This is the famous "hostage crisis". Iran claims that its "revolution" is an Islamic revolution", and its purpose is to build a green Islamic world.
This film is still relatively objective, and naturally it is not all black Iran. Now I remember a few scenes such as the embassy staff, the Iranian nanny and the revolutionary army. Conversations (words of conscience), such as the Iranian aviation staff guarding the glass door to prevent the revolutionary army from rushing into the flight site (professional ethics), such as the silent faces of some Iranian civilians (you can tell black and white at a glance)
Finally, say something off topic , The chaos of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 is as shown in the movie. The tense atmosphere is depressing, people are frightened, and the mob inspired by emotions is scary. There is a lack of trust between people, and there is no relationship between children and parents. Trust and even report each other, remembering the Cultural Revolution, the damage of history will really leave a mark on a generation. I think there is no shortage of fanatics in Iran, a country that integrates politics and religion. Religion is a hot issue and it is a gimmick. After brainwashing, it's even more extreme. Now Iranian women are still wrapped up and subject to all kinds of restrictions. And the economic situation is not good. How it will develop after the lifting of economic sanctions is unknown.
I didn't say anything about the plot of the movie itself, I just wrote about Iran, and the notes I will look at myself in the future will be sauce purple.
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