The Reign of the Ayatollahs: Iran and the Islamic Revolution
By Shaul Bakhash (NHC Fellow, 1983–84) Five years after the overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy, Iran remains convulsed by political upheaval and embroiled in international conflict. Shock waves from the Iranian events have stirred unrest in the Middle East from Lebanon to Saudi Arabia, fed Islamic revivalism elsewhere in the Islamic world, and undermined the … Continued