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“Down with the Dictator”

On the eve of the revolution in Iran in 1978 and 1979, the national slogan was: Down with the Shah! Nowadays, Iranians have chosen a new slogan: Down with the dictator. What is the difference between these two slogans and these two eras? Does it mean that the Shah has...

The Unforgettable Friday Prayer

I believe that the Friday prayer of July 17 in Iran was an unforgettable event. Everybody waited for the raw fruit to ripen and then they wanted to harvest the fruit. It was the most widely attended Friday prayer since the revolution. With over one million people...

What Went Wrong in Iran? Part 2

Wilayat al Faqih & Despotism One hundred years ago, Ayatollah Naeini, the most famous theoretician of Iran’s Constitutional Revolution, wrote a brilliant book about the theory of constitutional revolution. Fortunately, this book has been translated into Arabic by...

What Went Wrong in Iran?

What went wrong in Iran? What is the main reason behind the current crisis in Iran? It seems that Iran is now divided into two, between the government and the people. It is also clear that any government is capable of gathering a crowd of people in order to show that...