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#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Imam of the Revolution of 1979
Ayatollah Khomeini is almost a sacred religious figure above the level of religious authority. It's Shizam as this idea of imams. This is a messianic figure. There I can see there is a parallel, but also you can see with any other authoritarian regime that it destroys all the other forces. They were completely destroyed and in a very brutal fashion. But the revolution in 1979, that change is still with us today.
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