The Iranian Revolution Then and Now

This book assesses the Islamic Republic’s potential for revolution through a comparative analysis of the present with 1979 pre-Revolutionary Iran. It identifies two ＂ideal-typical＂ forms of revolutionary change--the regime collapses on its own or the regime is overthrown.

Dariush Zahedi received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Southern California in 1998. He has been a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and is currently a lecturer at UC Berkeley’s Department of Political Science. He is also the Director of the West Coast operations of the American Iranian Council (AIC). Chaired by former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, AIC is a non-profit, educational, organization devoted to improving relations between the US and Iran.