We look at the period between Khomeini’s return and the seizure of the US embassy, focused mostly on the ways in which the very broad and unwieldy revolutionary coalition began to fall apart as most of its elements figured out they’d been played by Khomeini. We culminate with the writing of the 1979 Iranian constitution, a process marked by the secular …
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Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history.
Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history.Listen on
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