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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Page 102
... prison term in one court and the death sentence in another . Mounting arrests meant the prisons were overflowing . At the Evin prison , where those accused of association with the former regime or crimes against the revolution were kept ...
... prison term in one court and the death sentence in another . Mounting arrests meant the prisons were overflowing . At the Evin prison , where those accused of association with the former regime or crimes against the revolution were kept ...
Page 107
... prison that he became acquainted with Ayatollah Mohammad - Javad Bahonar , a cleric who involved himself in educational affairs and who was later one of the founding members of the IRP . Out of prison , he became a Bahonar protégé ...
... prison that he became acquainted with Ayatollah Mohammad - Javad Bahonar , a cleric who involved himself in educational affairs and who was later one of the founding members of the IRP . Out of prison , he became a Bahonar protégé ...
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... prisons : How is it that today every person and organization has its own prison ? ... Why is a commission not set up to investigate these various prisons ? Why do they not investigate whether there is torture ? How is it that in the ...
... prisons : How is it that today every person and organization has its own prison ? ... Why is a commission not set up to investigate these various prisons ? Why do they not investigate whether there is torture ? How is it that in the ...
Contents
The Collapse of the Old Order | 9 |
Khomaini The Idol Smasher | 19 |
Bazargan A Knife Without the Blade | 52 |
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