Iran Since the Revolution

Iran Since the Revolution
ISBN-10
0709930003
ISBN-13
9780709930006
Category
Iran
Pages
247
Language
English
Published
1982-01-01
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Author
Sepehr Zabih

Description

Since the turn of the century Iran has experienced three major political upheavals in the struggle to democratize her political systems. The last revolution inaugurated an era of unprecedented turmoil and instead of fulfilling its democratic aim, paved the way for an even more despotic theocracy. To put the revolution in a proper perspective, some attempt is made to explain the reasons for Khomeini' s success in acquiring first, the symbolic leadership of the anti-Shah revolution, and then, the monopolistic control of power in Iran.....

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