How the far-Left teamed up with Islamists to bring about Iranian revolution... only to be crushed by extremists - and now experts warn the West is walking down the same path ⊖
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In 1979, leftwing activists in Iran were instrumental in toppling the Western-backed Shah and installing the reign of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who later persecuted them in their thousands.
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Explainer: Who is Mojtaba Khamenei and how did he succeed his father? ⊖
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Iran's ayatollah is at the heart of the complex power-sharing Islamic Republic and has final say over all matters of state. There has been only one other transfer of power in the office, when Ayatoll…
Iran after Khamenei: What's next and what it means for the country? ⊖
Khamenei assumed power following the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, inheriting a revolutionary state still consolidating itself.
‘It still rankles’: the French town living in the shadow of being an ayatollah’s refuge ⊖
Annual remembrance in Neauphle-le-Château revives memories of short exile that reshaped Iran, but which locals would rather forget
Every February, members of the Iranian diaspora descend on an abandon…
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King of Kings by Scott Anderson review – how the last shah of Iran sealed his own fate ○
A clear-eyed account of a difficult, complex man and his self-inflicted fall from grace
The last shah of Iran was a figure from Shakespearean tragedy: outwardly haughty and magnificent, inwardly insec…
13 months ago
Why is Iran’s nuclear programme so essential to its identity? ○
Why does a country with large oil reserves feel such a need to have home-grown civil nuclear energy?
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In October 1978, two leaders of the Iranian opposition to the Brit…
A brief history of US-Iran ties: From 1953 regime change to Trump strikes ○
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Iran remains the US's adversary in the Middle East since the 1979 Islamic revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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‘It shook everyone up’: New York town hosting Salman Rushdie trial recalls knife attack ○
A liberal arts community finds itself hosting the closely-watched trial of man accused of stabbing novelist in 2022
The author Salman Rushdie will this week come face-to-face with the man accused of t…
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