MER Article Manoucheir Kalantari It is with the deepest sadness that I have learned of the death of Manoucheir Kalantari, a dear friend and valiant comrade with whom I worked closely for several years. He was an Iranian socialist who worked for many years as a leader of the opposition in Britain and Western Europe to the Shah’s reg Fred Halliday • 3 min read
MER Article Book Notes (March/April 1983) Sepehr Zabih, The Mossadegh Era: Roots of the Iranian Revolution (Chicago: Lakeview Press, 1982). A sympathetic narrative of Mossadeq’s tenure as prime minister from April 1951 to August 1953, to the point of being unable to criticize some of the National Front’s more serious blunders. Zabih also e (Author not identified) • 3 min read
MER Article Keddie, Roots of Revolution Nikki R. Keddie, Roots of Revolution: An Interpretive History of Modern Iran (with a section by Yann Richard) (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1981). (Author not identified) • 4 min read
MER Article Abrahamian, Iran Between Two Revolutions Ervand Abrahamian, Iran Between Two Revolutions (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982). A major lesson of the Iranian revolution was how poorly students of the Middle East understood the social and political forces there. This was a country which had been the object of more official and Eric Hooglund • 5 min read
MER Article Hooglund, Land and Revolution in Iran Eric Hooglund, Land and Revolution in Iran (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982.) Azar Tabari • 11 min read
MER Article Hooglund, Land and Revolution in Iran Eric Hooglund, Land and Revolution in Iran (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982). Misagh Parsa • 3 min read
MER Article Mossadeq's Legacy in Iran Today Hedayat Matin-Daftari, a lawyer who prominently defended human rights in Iran under the Shah, participated actively in the revolution. Matin-Daftari, widely known in Iran as the grandson and political heir of former Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq, is a founder and leader of the National Democratic (Author not identified) • 7 min read
MER Article Workers' Control After the Revolution In the months preceeding the February armed insurrection which led to the downfall of the Pahlavi regime, the term shura (council) appeared frequently in the speeches and literature of various political tendencies ranging from the Islamic right to the leftist organizations. The most ardent advocates Asef Bayat • 19 min read
MER Article Bazaar and Mosque in Iran's Revolution Ahmad Ashraf is a sociologist who studied and later taught at Tehran University and the New School in New York City. Ashraf is the author of “Historical Obstacles to the Development of the Bourgeoisie in Iran,” Iranian Studies 2/1-2 (Spring and Summer 1969). Ervand Abrahamian spoke with him in New Y (Author not identified) • 9 min read
MER Article The Reconstruction Crusade and Class Conflict in Iran The Islamic Republic’s revolutionary credentials are, apart from foreign policy, largely based on the activities of the so-called revolutionary organizations created shortly after the February 1979 uprising. Operating through these popular organizations, the regime signaled a new beginning for milli Emad Ferdows • 17 min read
MER Article "A Dictatorship Under the Name of Islam" The following interview was conducted with Sheikh Izzedin Husseini during a visit he made to Paris in October 1982. This was the sheikh’s first trip outside Iran, and he had taken advantage of his stay in the French capital to go out and have a look at the city—“unlike Khomeini, when he was here,” t (Author not identified) • 7 min read
MER Article Year IV of the Islamic Republic The fourth year of the Iranian revolution at first sight contained less surprises and reverses of political trend than the three which preceded it. The leading personalities of the regime remained constant, without major divisions or assassinations. Khomeini himself, although apparently physically w Fred Halliday • 17 min read
