Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987-1997
Ronen A. Dr. Cohen
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Description for Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987-1997
Hardcover. The Mojahedin Khalq Organisation is an Iranian political party that helped Khomeini's religious sect in Iran bring about the Islamic revolution of 1979. This book provides a history of the Organization and its members, and addresses its relationship with western and international powers, most specifically the United States. Num Pages: 233 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPL; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 610.
The Mojahedin Khalq Organisation is an Iranian political party that helped Khomeini's religious sect in Iran bring about the Islamic revolution of 1979, after being at the forefront of opposition to the rule of the Shah. However, as the revolution got underway the Mojahedin were sidelined by the religious clerics and were expelled from the political arena. They responded by attacking the dominant polity through democratic means (such as political demonstrations), and later through armed resistance, to become the most significant opposition power base to the current regime of Iran. Since 1997 the Organisation has dissolved and depleted, and now ... Read more
The Mojahedin Khalq Organisation is an Iranian political party that helped Khomeini's religious sect in Iran bring about the Islamic revolution of 1979, after being at the forefront of opposition to the rule of the Shah. However, as the revolution got underway the Mojahedin were sidelined by the religious clerics and were expelled from the political arena. They responded by attacking the dominant polity through democratic means (such as political demonstrations), and later through armed resistance, to become the most significant opposition power base to the current regime of Iran. Since 1997 the Organisation has dissolved and depleted, and now ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845192709
SKU
V9781845192709
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About Ronen A. Dr. Cohen
Dr Ronen A Cohen is a lecturer at the Ariel University center of Samaria, Israel. His specialties include modern Iranian history and culture, Islamic terrorism, and clandestine international affairs. He is a book reviewer and commentator for Israeli newspapers, and a member of The Menachem Begin Institute for the Study of Underground and Resistance Movements at Bar-Ilan University.
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