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Iran, 1979-1997: Islamic Republic, War, and Thermidor

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The Revolution of 1979 and the Importance of Workers Councils

A whole generation of young men would in a sense test their metal be shaped by this war irrepropy so and this actually didn't massively go on to define their understanding of Iran's own sort of security doctrine the idea that you know Iran was invaded but it needs to constantly be on the watch out this. It also provides a context I've all even said to like just really clap down internally so apart from clapping down on the left in 83, there were factions within the political elite who were loyal in many ways to the harmonious project or definitely weren't adversarial are completely expunged and driven may have been driven to exile or imprisoned and tortured.

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