The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian Challenge Review

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The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian Challenge ReviewThis book was written by an Iranian-American journalist, who wants to bring to the American public an insider's view of the Iranian people and government. The author takes you through many conversations with men at the very top of the Iranian power structure, and with simple working men on the street, and with all manner of men in between. (As you can tell, I don't really remember him recounting a conversation with a woman.)
One of the first things I noticed is that the author is a man of strong opinions, often making off-the-cuff, often snide little comments on all sorts of things. It gave me the impression that the author forms his opinions quickly, and does not like to change them.
The effects of this being a book based on conversations is that I felt as though the book gave me a very smoky and dim picture of the inside of Iran, but nonetheless one much more informative that the picture given by most mainstream publications of any political stripe.
It is the author's contention (and I think he makes a very good case) that though the Iranian people are unhappy with the present state of their Islamic democracy, they are in fact quite committed to the government, and will support it. He paints a picture of an Iranian people who are very easily slighted, and yet cannot imagine why anyone would be offended by their chanting "death" to them. A people who are deeply committed to their Shia faith and their imams, and who want their imams to set limits on their democracy - their imams, not necessarily the other imams.
Overall, I found this to be a very informative book, giving me an understanding of the Iranian people that no other book has. My only wish with this book is that the author had finished the book with a chapter of hard analysis, to pull all of his thoughts together. Like is said, without it, it paints a picture of Iran that is smoky and dim. But nonetheless, I really enjoyed this book, and am very glad I read it. I guess that now I should go out and read his other book, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ.The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian Challenge Overview
"One of America's most astute revealers of Iranian culture and identity."-Reza Aslan, The Atlantic
Hailed as one of the year's best foreign policy books, Hooman Majd's latest offers dramatic perspective on a country with global ambitions, an elaborate political culture, and policies with enormous implications for world peace. Drawing on privileged access to the Iranian power elite, Majd "gives a harrowing description of the aftermath of the 2009 presidential elections in Iran" (Haleh Esfandiari). This "nimble take on Iran's fraught political landscape" (Kirkus Reviews) "sounds a dire warning to those in the West who want a democratic Iran. . . . Let us hope the President is listening" (Reza Aslan, The Atlantic).

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