Behind the BastardsPart Two: The First Shah of Iran

Britain Taxes Persians Directly

18:06–18:33 · 27s

Robert lays out the Anglo-Persian Treaty’s core outrage: Britain would fund "reforms" with a loan repaid by British agents directly taxing Persian citizens. Kaveh reacts viscerally to the humiliation.

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