The History of the Reform Movement in the 1980s

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Many of those who went on to become reformists did actually play some quite, did have a rather, how can I say, dubious history within the system in the 1980s. But at the same time, they had dramatically changed. They felt that they had a claim. It was very much sort of reasserting what they thought was their kind of entitlement, really, to sort of have a hand in the state. And by his nature and temperament, he's very, very conciliatory in trying to reach out to all sectors of society as well as the political class.

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the fifth and final episode in what is now a FIVE-part series. We begin this episode in 1997, with reformist cleric Mohammad Khatami’s surprise landslide election to the presidency. Then we cover the reformists running into hardliner repression and George W. Bush's War on Terror, the 2005 election of hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his 2009 reelection and Green Movement protests, Hassan Rouhani and the nuclear accord that Trump then tore up, the 2019 mass working-class protests, and the election (but really more coronation) of right-winger Ebrahim Raisi. We end with the death of Zhina Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police and the current mass protest movement that erupted in response. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out our vast archives and the rest of this series at thedigradio.com Buy Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win by Helen Shiller haymarketbooks.org/books/1952-daring-to-struggle-daring-to-win