London Review of Books July 23, 2009 Ervand Abrahamian writes about the protests in Iran Iran has a healthy respect for crowds — and for good reason. Crowds brought about the 1906 constitutional revolution. Crowds prevented the Iranian parliament from submitting to a tsarist ultimatum in 1911. Crowds scuttled the 1919 Anglo-Iranian Agreement, which would […]

Many opinions have been published and theories put forward about the nature of the Islamic regime in Iran. The following need to be emphasized with regards to this matter:   1-Leaders of the Islamic regime in Iran are deceitful and corrupt elements who will abuse religion and the simple-minded faithful in order to maintain their […]

Siavash Abghari, Morehouse College   Abstract          The Iranian people have struggled for a democratic system of government since early 20th century and failed in every attempt. In the popular uprising of late 1970s, the Islamic clerics gained hegemony and eventually established a government with an Islamic ideology. In this paper a political power production […]