Iran and the Gulf
Subtitle: A Search for Stability (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: September 6, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9781860641442
Subjects: International relations; Strategic aspects; Persian Gulf Region; Islam and politics; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Textbooks; Politics/International Relations; Iran; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; International Relations - General; Middle East - General; Military Science; Political Science / International Security; Foreign relations
First sentence: The three factors of Islam as a mobilizing faith and ideology in the Iranian revolution - the participation of the clergy and the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini in the revolutionary process, the role of Muslim intellectuals in Islamic resurgence prior to the revolution, and their involvement in laying out revolutionary strategy - were crucial in installing a symbiotic relationship between religion and politics in post-revolutionary Iran.