The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian Challenge

by Hooman Majd

Book Overview

Hooman Majd offers a dramatic perspective on a country with global ambitions, an elaborate political culture, and enormous implications for world peace. Drawing on privileged access to the Iranian power elite, Majd argues that despite the violence of the disputed 2009 elections, a group of influential ayatollahs including a liberal, almost-secular opposition still believes in the Iranian republic; for them, green represents not a revolution but a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393072592
• ISBN13: 9780393072594
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"