Mahmood Delkhasteh is currently working on a new book based on his doctoral dissertation, Islamic Discourses of Power and Freedom in the Iranian Revolution, 1979-81. He has held lecturing positions at the American University—Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan) and Kingston University (UK).
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran’s protesters are secularizing the 1979 revolutionWhat we see happening in Iran is the emergence of a new discourse that combines old traditions and new ideas that...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe return of Banisadr to the heart of Iranian politicsA permanent state of crisis has intersected with the Supreme leader’s actions to create conditions for the emergence...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPopulism, terrorism, and the crisis in western democracies: an interview with Iran’s former presidentAbolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first post-revolutionary president, discusses neo-liberalism, the crisis in western...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaErdogan at a crossroad: dictatorship or democracyAn interview with A.H. Banisadr, Iran’s former president, about the aftermath of the coup in Turkey.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe June 1981 coup: the stolen narrative of the Iranian revolutionWe can fundamentally transform our understanding of the Iranian revolution by letting the untold stories to be told.
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Published in: HomeThe moat that preserves the castle. What are the elections in Iran for?As Frantz Fanon once argued, for colonial powers the most effective way to control a colonized people is to...