Iran: Reform and Revolution

In: New politics: a journal of socialist thought, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 59-64

Abstract

This article analyzes the U.S. and world media obsession of the "threat posed by Iran"; further sanctions and the effects of the economic crisis; and the socio-political turmoil emanating therein. As the author reports, and the protests continue, so does the political terror from the Revolutionary Guard and the Basij. Next, the author discusses the demonstration detention and imprisonment conditions; Moussavi's plans and responses; and the impediment of Internet and satellite communications. Then the article examines the events of February 10, 2010; both comparing and contrasting against the events of 1979, when the Shah was in power; and gauging the effects on the Green movement. However, the author also states that Iran shows signs of moving toward a military dictatorship under the Revolutionary Guards. Also, the article looks at the working class response, and the future of the protests, and Iran. References. M. Diem