Musavi, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic

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In 2009, mass protests that became known as the Green Movement erupted after Ahmondina Jad defeated Mir Hussein Musavi for the presidency in what both protesters and Musavi alleged was a fraudulent vote. Like Raf Sanjani, though, Musavi seems like an odd fit for the reformist lane, given that he served as prime minister throughout much of the 1980s. Why why did this mass movement erupt when it did? And what is in retrospect the significance of that movement and its repression and also the election that prompted at all in the broader sweep of Iranian history?" Yeah, you're right. Musavi is very much member of the old guy. He was Khomeini's prime

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