In 1974, Mike Wallace traveled to Iran for his first interview with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Arab oil embargo was ongoing, and Wallace asked the Shah about the oil profits Iran was making.
These three 60 Minutes stories illustrate how revolutionary powers came to be and help explain the current day conflict in Iran. From 1974 and 1976, Mike Wallace's interviews with the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. And from 1979, Wallace's interview with Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, just weeks after the Iran Hostage Crisis began.