Iran is a country with global ambitions, an elaborate political culture, and enormous implications for world peace. How will its diversity of political positions resolve itself? Drawing on privileged access to Iranian society, Hooman Majd has spoken to ayatollahs, politicians and ordinary people to show that, despite the violence of the 2009 elections, the ideal of an Iranian republic is still alive. A personal, candid tour of the political landscape, The Ayatollahs' Democracy is a powerful dispatch from a country at a historic turning point.
| ISBN: | 9780141047515 |
| Publication date: | 5th January 2012 |
| Author: | Hooman Majd |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Middle Eastern history Politics and government |
Iran is a country with global ambitions, an elaborate political culture, and enormous implications for world peace. How will its diversity of political positions resolve itself? Drawing on privileged access to Iranian society, Hooman Majd has spoken to ayatollahs, politicians and ordinary people to show that, despite the violence of the 2009 elections, the ideal of an Iranian republic is still alive. A personal, candid tour of the political landscape, The Ayatollahs' Democracy is a powerful dispatch from a country at a historic turning point.
The Ayatollahs' Democracy features in the following genres: Middle Eastern history, Politics and government
The Ayatollahs' Democracy is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Ayatollahs' Democracy was written by Hooman Majd and published by Penguin Books Ltd
The Ayatollahs' Democracy has 288 pages
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