Iran Under the AyatollahsOutlines the Islamic heritage of the country, and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty. Describes the phases of the Islamic revolution and ends with the second parliamentary election in April-May 1984. |
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Page 138
... Carter administration . The result was a crisis which lasted more than fourteen months . Iran's confrontation with the US quickened the pace of the revolution , and gave meaning to the slogan raised on the day the Shah left Iran ...
... Carter administration . The result was a crisis which lasted more than fourteen months . Iran's confrontation with the US quickened the pace of the revolution , and gave meaning to the slogan raised on the day the Shah left Iran ...
Page 170
... Carter was thus robbed of a last minute coup on the hostage issue - something which , by all accounts , would have won him a second term of office . Carter's defeat pleased the Iranian regime , particularly Khomeini . After all the ...
... Carter was thus robbed of a last minute coup on the hostage issue - something which , by all accounts , would have won him a second term of office . Carter's defeat pleased the Iranian regime , particularly Khomeini . After all the ...
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... Carter , the Democratic Party nominee . Untarnished by the chicanery of Washington politics , Carter tried to project himself as Mr Clean , concerned with moral issues , who was determined to cleanse American political life of lies and ...
... Carter , the Democratic Party nominee . Untarnished by the chicanery of Washington politics , Carter tried to project himself as Mr Clean , concerned with moral issues , who was determined to cleanse American political life of lies and ...
Contents
BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION | 7 |
The founding of the Islamic Republic | 103 |
The American hostage crisis | 136 |
Copyright | |
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