{"id":6051,"date":"2026-09-12T14:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=6051"},"modified":"2026-09-12T14:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:18:29","slug":"new-simulation-adviser-to-the-shah-could-you-have-prevented-the-iranian-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/new-simulation-adviser-to-the-shah-could-you-have-prevented-the-iranian-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"New Simulation &#8211; Adviser to the Shah: Could You Have Prevented the Iranian Revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new <strong>ActiveHistory simulation for IB History<\/strong> designed to get students thinking about <strong>causation, perspectives, decision-making and historical inevitability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/iran\">In this brand new simulation<\/a><\/strong>, students investigate the question &#8220;<strong>Can you preserve support for the monarchy better than history did?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is 1963. You are the Shah&#8217;s senior political adviser. Iran is modernising rapidly \u2014 but every reform risks creating new enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next 16 years, you must advise the Shah on <strong>10 crucial decisions<\/strong>, while trying to maintain support from five powerful groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The clergy<\/li><li>Reformers<\/li><li>The United States<\/li><li>The army<\/li><li>Bazaar merchants<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The catch? <strong>The Shah will always make the decisions he made in history.<\/strong> Your job is to decide whether you could have advised him better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would different choices have saved the monarchy \u2014 or was revolution ultimately unavoidable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/iran\">Could you do better than the Shah?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new ActiveHistory simulation for IB History designed to get students thinking about causation, perspectives, decision-making and historical inevitability. In this brand new simulation, students investigate the question &#8220;Can you preserve support for the monarchy better than history did? It is 1963. You are the Shah&#8217;s senior political adviser. 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