A Glimpse of Post-Revolution Iran

Iran¿s 1979 revolution was one of the greatest revolutions of the 20th century and has left crucial impacts on the domestic, regional and international arenas. An undersetting of the experience of this revolution through an impartial analysis of its developments, can, on the one hand, improve the insight of the elites about the revolution, and, on the other hand, can provide an understanding of the challenges facing this revolution that has tried to promote a type of religious modernism and a new ethical order through creating a balance between tradition and modernity. The Islamic Revolution of Iran, since its inception, has faced such issues as the relationship between religion and democracy, religion and science, religious state and secularism, women¿s social role, sociopolitical freedoms, violence and nonviolence, rights of dissidents, indigenous development model, etc. The present book is an attempt to shed light on some of these issues.