The dissident mullah : Ayatollah Montazeri and the struggle for reform in revolutionary Iran
Ulrich von Schwerin (Author)
The Iranian cleric Ayatollah Montazeri played an integral role in the founding of the Islamic Republic in the wake of the Iranian Revolution of 1978/9. Yet at the time of his death, Montazeri was considered one of the Islamic Republic's fiercest critics. What made this man, who was once considered the leading advocate of the state doctrine of the 'Guardianship of the Jurist' and the designated successor to the supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, change his views? Ulrich von Schwerin's book examines the evolution of Montazeri's political thought over the course of five decades
ix, 283 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9781784531737, 1784531731
913788038
IntroductionChapter 1: Montazeri’s Path into PoliticsChapter 2: The Invention of a New SystemChapter 3: The Difficult Consolidation of the RegimeChapter 4: An Inconvenient SuccessorChapter 5: Political Crisis and the Debate on ReformChapter 6: Power and Impotence of the Reform MovementChapter 7: The Green Movement and its FailureConclusion