Iran Toppled the Shah in 1979. Why This Time Isn’t Quite Like That
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Iran Toppled the Shah in 1979. Why This Time Isn’t Quite Like That

"The conditions in Iran today are not comparable to those that precipitated the downfall of the Shah and the triumph of the revolution of 1979," writes Narges Bajoghli