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Correcting the Mainstream Distortions of Iran’s 1979 Revolution

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Keld Bach


Scholar Hamid Dabashi explains why even though a diverse set of forces overthrew the brutal, CIA-backed Shah of Persia, in the end theocracy dominated, leaving Iran in the hands of plutocrats.

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