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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... regime " itself should be abolished , and that the future form of government in Iran , based on " Islamic and democratic " principles , should be determined by a national referendum.53 The National Front , as it turned out , did not ...
... regime " itself should be abolished , and that the future form of government in Iran , based on " Islamic and democratic " principles , should be determined by a national referendum.53 The National Front , as it turned out , did not ...
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... regime could be eliminated . For the clerics , the revolutionary committees , and later the Revolutionary Guard , assumed greater importance as a counter- weight to the growing influence of the left - wing parties . Moreover , Khomaini ...
... regime could be eliminated . For the clerics , the revolutionary committees , and later the Revolutionary Guard , assumed greater importance as a counter- weight to the growing influence of the left - wing parties . Moreover , Khomaini ...
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... regime . Partly for this reason , the regime relied heavily on ideology and propaganda to mobilize mass opinion , " educate " the public , discredit its critics , and to maintain a high pitch of public excitement . A formidable ...
... regime . Partly for this reason , the regime relied heavily on ideology and propaganda to mobilize mass opinion , " educate " the public , discredit its critics , and to maintain a high pitch of public excitement . A formidable ...
Contents
The Collapse of the Old Order | 9 |
Khomaini The Idol Smasher | 19 |
Bazargan A Knife Without the Blade | 52 |
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