The Islamic Republic of Iran turns 40

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La narrativa rivoluzionaria, tra gli stereotipi occidentali e le nuove generazioni

Nicola Pedde Feb 11, 2019

La memoria della rivoluzione islamica e la sua moderna percezione è oggetto di interpretazioni tanto diverse quanto contrastanti. La narrativa occidentale, che si è andata progressivamente affermando nel corso dei quarant’anni che ci…

The ongoing transformations of Iranian society

Giorgia Perletta Feb 11, 2019

“Revolution is a rapture in the course of time”, argues Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, the prominent Iranian scholar referring to the Iranian Revolution of 1979. As a moment of "creative pause" to shape a new order (to quote again Ghamari),…

The Islamic Republic, 40 years on: A conversation with Gary Sick

AspeniaOnline Feb 10, 2019

Aspenia online: In early 1978 President Carter congratulated the Iranian government, led autocratically by Shah Reza Pahlavi, for its role as an island of stability in the region. If this was the perception of a trusted partner that…