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A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF IRAN’S SECURITY POLICIES, SET IN THE CONTEXT OF WESTERN FEARS OVER THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC’S NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT AND MISSILE PROGRAMMES
Author: Ariane M. Tabatabai Publisher: Hurst Price: £35.00 Released: Out now
The year 1979 was the game-changer for Iran’s profile on the stage of global politics. The Islamic Revolution ushered in a complete reorientation of the country’s political dynamics and, consequently, its foreign and security policies. It came as a particularly worrying development for the US, since the ousted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was one of Washington’s most steadfast allies.
A prevalent assumption is that post-revolution Iran’s foreign and security policy direction is driven by a largely different calculus to that of the previous era. Author Ariane M. Tabatabai argues that the Islamic Republic’s strident revolutionary rhetoric masks the elements of
