{"id":45405,"date":"2023-05-14T09:36:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T07:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=45405"},"modified":"2023-05-14T09:36:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T07:36:34","slug":"iran-policy-podcast-struan-stevenson-dictatorship-and-revolution-in-irans-contemporary-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/media-gallery\/videos\/2023\/05\/iran-policy-podcast-struan-stevenson-dictatorship-and-revolution-in-irans-contemporary-history\/45405\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Policy Podcast\u2014Struan Stevenson: Dictatorship and Revolution in Iran&#8217;s Contemporary History"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"553\" 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