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Tag: Iran’s First President Says Khomeini Betrayed 1979 Islamic Revolution

How Khomeini betrayed the democratic promise of the Iranian revolution

DemDigest    February 4, 2019 February 4, 2019   

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini betrayed the principles of the Iranian revolution after sweeping to power in 1979, leaving a “very bitter” taste among some of those who had returned with him… Read more »

Analysis, Authoritarianism, Civil Society, Democracy Assistance and Promotion, Democratic institutions, Dictatorships, Dissidents, Human rights, Ideology, Iran, Islamists, Journal of Democracy, Labor and labor unions, Middle East/North Africa, National Endowment for Democracy    “A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran, 2009 Green Movement unrest, Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, Center for Human Rights in Iran, Democracy in Iran: Why It Failed and How It Might Succeed, Ervand Abrahamian, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), Gareth Smyth, Iran's First President Says Khomeini Betrayed 1979 Islamic Revolution, Kevan Harris, Kevan Harris and Zep Kalb., Khomeinism: Essays on the Islamic Republic, Ladan Boroumand, Mariam Memarsadeghi, Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, National Endowment for Democracy (NED)., Penn Kemble Forum, Radio Farda, Tavaana, The Journal of Democracy, Tzvi Kahn

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