The persian night
Who really rules Iran today? Are the men in official positions merely puppets activated by hidden hands? How are decisions made in a system that a.. Lire la suite
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Who really rules Iran
today? Are the men in official positions merely puppets activated by
hidden hands? How are decisions made in a system that appears so chaotic
at first glance? Is the current political structure doomed to conflict?
These are some of the questions that Amir Taheri addresses in this
riveting and timely book.
An anatomy of one of the most secretive regimes in the contemporary world, The Persian Night
traces the historical, religious, cultural, and political roots of the
Khomeinist revolution and analyzes the way it has grown into a
pseudo-religious ideology over the past three decades. Taheri dissects a
regime that has hijacked a nation of seventy million people and
mobilized its resources for global “holy war” against the United States
and its allies. From Khomeini’s “divine mission” to President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad’s messianic campaign in the name of the “Hidden Imam,” Iran
is on a trajectory towards war.
The Persian Night looks
into the actual links between the Islamic Republic and terrorist
networks including al-Qaeda and Hezballah; the reality of the Iranian
nuclear program; the Islamic Republic’s war-making capabilities and
strategies; and the origins of the three Khomeinist phobias—women, Jews,
and the United States.
But as Taheri demonstrates, Khomeinism is
not Iran. Today there are two competing Irans: the one manifested in
the negative Khomeinist energies that have dragged the nation into its
dark night; the other drawing from the long and celebrated history of
Persian culture while extending a friendly hand to the West.
Successive
U.S. administrations, along with most European governments, have failed
to understand the reality of the Khomeinist regime and at times have
even aided its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, including a
nuclear arsenal. Taheri provides a set of imaginative suggestions for
more effective ways of dealing with Iran.
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