How Iran threw the World's Greatest Party in a Desert

Help me make more, better videos by supporting the Channel on Patreon: http://patreon.com/sidenote In 1971, Iran threw an extravagant and exclusive party to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian empire. The party had a grandeur never seen before in the world's recorded history. It had delicious food from the world's best restaurant, exquisite drinks, luxurious accommodations, medieval European style decorations, and more importantly - the party had the most decorated guestlist - heads of states from 65 different countries, emperors, kings and queens, princes and princesses, sheiks, sultans, and business figures of all kinds from 5 different continents. The venue of the event was not some ancient castle or a seven-star hotel, instead, everything was organized from scratch, in the middle of a desert, by building plastic tents. The cost of all of this? Not a million dollars; Not a billion dollars; this party almost cost a dynasty. It proved to be a stepping stone for the rise of the Iranian revolution and the fall of the Iranian Monarchy that changed the country forever. ------------------------------- Thanks to my friend Alec for narrating my videos. Check out his channel here -/channel/UCsSRyDvTYmbcqEAK0-0TGBw Follow the channel on these platforms to get updates about new uploads Support channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/SideNote Twitter - https://twitter.com/sidenoteYT Instagram - https://instagram.com/sidenoteYT Business email - mail.sidenote@gmail.com All links here - https://linktr.ee/sidenote -------------------------------------------------------------------- [CREDITS] Based on interviews given by party organizers to different news channels, magazines, and newspapers. Some details are taken from a BBC documentary about the party - Decadence, and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party in BBC documentary Music by Tom Fox Divider by Chris Zabriskie Produced by - SideNote 0:00 Intro 1:33 Background 3:24 Venue 7:43 Food 9:39 Security 11:03 Promotions 12:20 Decorations 14:01 Day 1 21:37 Day 2 23:22 Day 3 23:50 Aftermath

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