Reign Of The AyatollahsFive years after the overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy, Iran remains convulsed by political upheaval and embroiled in international conflict. Shock waves from the Iranian events have stirred unrest in the Middle East from Lebanon to Saudi Arabia, fed Islamic revivalism elsewhere in the Islamic world, and undermined the American position in this strategic region. Meanwhile, amid all this bewildering upheaval, the revolution has given birth to the modern world's first quasi-theocratic state run by orthodox clerics according to Islamic law. This book is a riveting analysis of the Iranian revolution, its economic, religious, and social turmoil, and its international consequences. |
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... Iraq's main com- mercial and oil terminals around Basra , and Iran's major port and refin- ery facilities , at ... Iraq . In 1975 , however , under an agreement signed in Algiers , Iran was able to correct what it always regarded as a ...
... Iraq's main com- mercial and oil terminals around Basra , and Iran's major port and refin- ery facilities , at ... Iraq . In 1975 , however , under an agreement signed in Algiers , Iran was able to correct what it always regarded as a ...
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... Iraq . When an attempt was made on the life of the Iraqi deputy prime minister , Tarik Aziz , in April 1980 , he arrested the leaders of al - Da'wa and hundreds of Shi'a activists . He rounded up over 25,000 Iranians resident in Iraq ...
... Iraq . When an attempt was made on the life of the Iraqi deputy prime minister , Tarik Aziz , in April 1980 , he arrested the leaders of al - Da'wa and hundreds of Shi'a activists . He rounded up over 25,000 Iranians resident in Iraq ...
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... Iraq : Exporting Revolution The war with Iraq and its ramifications in the Persian Gulf remained the primary focus of Iran's foreign policy . While battling its domestic oppo- nents , moving to replace officials lost through ...
... Iraq : Exporting Revolution The war with Iraq and its ramifications in the Persian Gulf remained the primary focus of Iran's foreign policy . While battling its domestic oppo- nents , moving to replace officials lost through ...
Contents
The Collapse of the Old Order | 9 |
Khomaini The Idol Smasher | 19 |
Bazargan A Knife Without the Blade | 52 |
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