Middle East: January 2001

Iran: Came the Revolution

By: Jon B. Alterman

Description: "Long-time watchers of Iranian politics [believe] Iran is moving away from the politics of Islamic revolution and toward the traditional politics of Iran. . . . [But] authoritarianism is a recurring theme in Iranian history, and some Iranian scholars openly wonder whether the reformists will be any less authoritarian than the conservative clerics."

Online Subscribers View Article as PDF Requires login.