The Dig is a podcast from Jackabend Magazine. In this episode, Daniel Denver looks at the history of modern Iran. Khomeini's camp marginalized their revolutionary rivals and monopolized power in the assembly convened to draft a new constitution. And Muhammad Khatimi ushered in reformist politics that would soon find itself frustrated by mass protest.
Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the fourth episode in what is now a FIVE-part series. We pick up in the wake of the Islamic Revolution as Khomeini consolidates power, represses his rivals, and confronts an invasion from Saddam Hussein's Iraq. We continue through the Iran-Iraq War, the mass execution of thousands of leftist prisoners, and Khamenei and Rafsanjani's rise to power after Khomeini's death.
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