The wave of executions and arrests of political activists, dissolution of people's councils and committees and imposing a regime of terror, left almost nothing from the revolution by the mid-1980s. . ... To what extent did the unfavourable outcome of the revolution resulted from the Iranian..…
Under the guise of a straight-news report, Erdbrink epitomizes the flawed, dangerous view of Iran that most of the political left, and some of the isolationist-leaning right, hold. . First, Erdbrink does not assign any explicit blame to the regime for Iran's dark situation. ..…
Since left and progressive forces, including labor unions, wage an underground struggle in Iran, special measures had to be taken to conduct this interview. ... The Shah’s regime and its dreaded security force, SAVAK, saw the clergy as an important tool in countering the..…
Within time, Shi'ite fundamentalist groups around Ayatollah Khomeini that controlled the government of Islamic Republic, however, moved against the secular left revolutionary forces, particularly Tudeh Party of Iran. ..…
U.S provides billions of dollars of arms to Saudi-led coalition fighting against Iran-backed rebels Yemen. The in Arab poorest country also has left millions suffering from food and medical care shortages and has pushed the country to the brink of famine.. ..…