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King of Kings

The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
  • Scott Anderson
2025
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  • A crowd of Iranian protesters burns photos.
    Book Review

    The Islamic Republic Was Never Inevitable

    With Iran’s theocracy under strain, a new history shows that its rise was mainly a stroke of bad luck.
    by Arash Azizi via The Atlantic on August 5, 2025
  • Ruhollah Khomeini salutes fellow-revolutionaries at a rally in 1979.
    Book Review

    The Iranian Revolution Almost Didn’t Happen

    From a dying adviser to a clumsy editorial, the Revolution was a cascade of accidents and oversights.
    by Daniel Immerwahr via The New Yorker on August 4, 2025
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