Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Author:   Medea Benjamin
Publisher:   OR Books
ISBN:  

9781944869656


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   24 May 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran


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Medea Benjamin is the author of the insightful and successful Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.Saudi ConnectionThis book is perhaps the first non-academic look at the history of US and Iranian relationsgiving a complex issue an accessible entry point for a general audience.

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Author:   Medea Benjamin
Publisher:   OR Books
Imprint:   OR Books
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781944869656


ISBN 10:   1944869654
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   24 May 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. The Founding of the Iranian State 2. Complex power dynamics: elected leaders, religious leaders and the military 3. What makes the economy tick and the effects of international sanctions 4. Government crackdowns on human rights 5. Iran's theocracy allows freedom of religion—for some 6. Conditions in prisons and capital punishment 7. The Paradoxical Status of Iranian Women 8. The history of Iranian relations with the US and the West 9. Iranian foreign policy in the Middle East and beyond 10. The Way Forward

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MEDEA BENJAMIN is one of America's best-known 21st-century activists. Co-founder of CODEPINK and the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange, she is the author of Drone Warfare (OR Books, 2012) and Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection (OR Books, 2016) and has played an active role in the Green Party. A frequent contributor to Alternet, she has a Master's Degree in both public health and economics. In 2012, she was awarded the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation's Peace Prize; she is also recipient of the 2014 Gandhi Peace Award and the 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize from the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She is mother of two children and currently lives in Washington, D.C.

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