This is the the Persian empire,

这里是波斯帝国
known today as Iran.

现在被称为伊朗
For twenty-five hundred years this land

两千五百年来这片土地
was ruled by a series of kings, known as Shah's.

被一代又一代的国王即伊朗王统治
In 1950, the people of Iran elected

1950年伊朗人民选举了
Mohammad Mossadegh, a secular democrat, as Prime Minister.

非宗教民主人士穆罕默德·摩萨德作首相
He nationalized British and US petroleum holdings,

他将英美操控的石油国有化
returning Iran's oil to its people.

归还给伊朗人民
But in 1953,

但在1953年
the U.S. and Great Britain engineered a coup d'etat that deposed

美英发动武力政变推翻了摩萨德
Mossadegh and installed Reza Pahlavi as Shah.

并将礼萨·巴勒维推为新的伊朗王
The young Shah was known for opulence and excess,

年轻的伊朗王奢侈无度