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Remembering Iran's revolution

Thirty years ago this month the Shah fled Iran, paving the way for a new government, and eventually the Islamic republic. Our contributors look back at the tumultuous events
  • Iran's quest for utopia

    Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

    Arshin Adib-Moghaddam: Thirty years after the Islamic revolution, Iran is still defined by its struggle for a free society, not a nuclear agenda

  • We, the people

    Mehrad Vaezinejad

    Mehrad Vaezinejad: Remembering Iran's revolution: It's time to give up the fruitless search for the 'villains' of our country's recent past

  • The end of a childhood

    Kamin Mohammadi

    Kamin Mohammadi: Remembering Iran's revolution: Everything changed in 1979; my life, my town, my country's image

  • David Shariatmadari

    The revolution at home

    David Shariatmadari

    David Shariatmadari: Remembering Iran's revolution: I might not have been there, but the events of 1979 coloured my childhood and changed my life

  • I was a teen revolutionary

    Masoud Golsorkhi

    Masoud Golsorkhi: Remembering Iran's revolution: Wandering the streets, joining in protests and learning about politics was the best education I ever received

  • 30 years of exile

    Nazenin Ansari

    Nazenin Ansari: Remembering Iran's revolution: Iran's new leaders built their state on foundations of violence and corruption, making millions of us refugees

  • Irrepressible youth

    Massoumeh Torfeh

    Massoumeh Torfeh: Remembering Iran's revolution: In the face of failed attempts to create a unified Islamic state, the next generation of Iranians are striving to express themselves

  • In search of an identity

    David Mattin

    David Mattin: Remembering Iran's revolution: The vast majority of Iranians in Britain are united by a common story of dislocation

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