The Persian Night: Iran Under the Khomeinist Revolution

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by Amir Taheri


  Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

  Armenia

  Armenians

  Arsacids

  Aryamanesh, Kurosh

  Asgari, Muhammad-Reza

  Asgharzadeh, Ibrahim

  Ash’ari, Abu-Mussa

  Asharq Alawsat

  Ashraf, Princess

  Askar-Owladi, Habiballah

  Assad-Abadi, Jamaleddin (al-Afghani)

  Assar, nassir

  assassination of Baha’is of Caliphs by counterrevolutionaries of exiles

  Assembly of Experts and Combatant Clergy and constitution

  Association of Friday Prayer Leaders

  Assyrians

  Atossa (Queen)

  Attar, Farid ud-Din on beards

  Attar, Hussein Sheikh

  Attlee, Clement

  Avengers of the Imam

  Averroës (Ibn Rushd)

  Avesta, Mehrdad

  Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

  Ayesha and Battle of the Camel as evil

  Ayyeri, Yussuf al-

  Azan

  Azarmidokht (Princess)

  Azerbaijan and Caspian Sea Gorbachev invasion of

  Al-Azhar Academy

  Aznar, Jose Maria

  Baathists: in Iraq in Syria

  Baghdad Pact

  Baha’is and apostasy law assassinations of Hojatieh attacks on

  Bahar, Mehdi

  Bahar al-Anwar (“Sea of Lights”)

  Bahrain Shiite radicals in

  Bahremani, Ali-Akbar. See Rafsanjani, Ali-Akbar Hashemi.

  Bakhtiar, Shahpur (Colonel)

  Bakhtiar, Teymur assassination of

  Bakhtiaris

  Balta, Paul

  Baluchistan and Baluch rebels

  Baluch Liberation Front

  Bandung Conference

  Bangladesh

  Bani Abbas

  Bani Hashem

  Banisadr, Abol-Hassan: and Algerian independence dismissal of on hijab Israel visit and mullahs on nationalism as “philosopher,” “revolution in one country,” sayyed claim

  Baqai, Muzaffar

  Baqi, Emadeddin

  Barmaki, Jaafar

  Barmakids

  Baseej Mustadafeen (Mobilization of the Dispossessed) and Arab protests as strike-breakers and student protests

  Bashir, Omar Hassan al-

  Batebi, Ahmad

  Bayat, Assadallah

  Bazargan, Mehdi and Brzezinski pro-American on “revolution,” on Supreme Guide

  beards in history of mullahs

  Begum, Emineh

  Begum, Ruqiyah

  Behbahani, Simin

  Beheshti, Muhammad

  Behesht Zahra (Paradise of Flowers)

  Behrouz, Zabih

  Belgium

  Belqees (Queen of Sheba)

  Berbers

  bin Baz, Abdul-Aziz

  bin Laden, Osama and jihadi council and Palestinians prestige of Taliban protection

  bin Laden, Sa’ad

  bin Laden, Seyf al-Islam

  Blood of Allah. See Thar Allah

  Bokharai, nasser

  Bokhari, Abdallah al-

  Bolivia

  Bolshevik Revolution as catastrophe commissars of intellectuals divided by Jews blamed for see also Soviet Union

  Boqrat, Elahe

  Borujerdi, Kazemeini

  Borujerdi, Muhammad Hussein

  Bosnia-Herzegovina

  Brazil

  Britain. See Great Britain

  British Empire in India Iranian annexations

  British Petroleum

  Bruguière, Jean-Louis

  Brzezinski, Zbigniew and Bazargan

  Bulahab

  Burma (Myanmar)

  Bush, George H. W.

  Bush, George W. as aberration and Afghanistan Ahmadinejad challenge to and “axis of evil,” democratization policy “engaging” Iran on Iranian people and Iraq war on IRGC and rael on “unelected” offices vacillation of waiting out

  Byzantine Empire: and Muhammad Muslim war on schismatic refugees from women in

  calendar: anti-Persian lunar vs. solar mourning days Ramadan Shiite vs. Sunni

  Camp David accords

  Carter, Jimmy appeasement on “diplomatic solution,” and embassy hostages

  Castro, Fidel

  Ceausescu, nicolae

  censorship and beards Ctesiphon library destruction Khatami’s Khomeini’s and Tehran Book Fair and women’s role

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Bay of Pigs and Mossadeq

  Central Treaty Organization

  Chaldeans

  Chamberlain, neville

  Chamran, Mostafa

  Chavez, Hugo

  Chechens

  Chile

  China, People’s Republic of Cultural Revolution executions in infanticide in as informal ally military technology and nixon as shah’s supporter Uighur in and Vietnam War Xinjiang

  Chomsky, noam

  Christianity: beards in church control conversion to and house churches liberation theology

  Christians: Arians assassinations of as Hezballah allies and Mahdi Maronites as refugees

  Christopher, Warren

  Churchill, Winston

  Clark, Veronica

  clergy. See mullahs

  Clerici, Leonardo

  Clinton, Bill: apologies by appeasement by and “grand bargain,” on “engaging” Iran and Mogadishu on “progressive” Iran sanctions by and Taliban

  Coelho, Paulo

  Cold War and détente end of and “Finlandization” of Iran and Mossadeq see also Soviet Union

  Colombia and FARC

  colonialism: and Arab despotism and Enlightenment and Israel and Mossadeq and nationalism and rule of law and U.S. as scapegoat

  Communist International

  Communist Party. See Tudeh (Masses) Party

  Communist Party of Kurdistan (Komaleh)

  Communists. See Marxists

  Constantinople

  Constitutional Revolution of 1906,

  Constitution of 1906, Belgian model and Jews as model for Khomeini

  Constitution of the Islamic Republic (1979) on Supreme Guide on women

  Correa, Rafael

  Corsica

  Council for the Consolidation of the Students’ Unity (Tahkim)

  Council for the Discernment of the Interests of the Established Order

  Council of Ministers

  Council of the Guardians of the Constitution

  crime & punishment adultery dress code “hooliganism,” “sexual proximity,”

  Crusades

  Cuba aid to as ally and missile crisis

  Cutler, Lloyd

  Cyrus the Great and human rights and Jews and Jerusalem temple mausoleum of

  Czechoslovakia

  Daneshi, Muhammad

  Danish cartoons

  Dashti, Ali

  death cult

  De Gaulle, Charles

  Delkash

  democracy as alien to Islam appeal of and Cold War divisions constitutions in demonstrations for and elections exiles for Greek critics of in Israel as Jewish invention Khomeini’s pretense and labor unions and Mossadeq myth as “prostitution,” “religious democracy,” and “republic,” terms for and uncertainty

  Democratic Party of Iran

  Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan

  Democratic Party of Kurdistan (PDK)

  demography advantage in and armed forces and economy and Saddam Hussein

  dhimmitude

  dissidents and arts “disappeared,” murder of and NGOs political prisoners see also exiles; protests

  divorce in Koran rates of shah’s reforms

  drug addiction

  drug trade

  Druze

  Duke, David

  Dulles, Allen

  Dulles, John Foster

  Ebadi, Shirin

  Ebtekar, Massoumeh

  economy: and Ahmadinejad and bonyads (foundations) crisis in and demogra
phy GDP golden age and oil poverty rate and Rafsanjani, and “self-sufficiency,” social stratification state control of and strikes

  Ecuador

  Egypt: Arabization of and Cold War as Muslim leader propaganda vs. shah radicals in and Suez fiasco

  Eisenhower, Dwight D.

  Elahi, Homayun

  elections limits on for Majlis of president of Supreme Guide turnout

  Elizabeth II (Queen of England)

  Elqanian, Habib

  Enlightenment

  Erhard, Ludwig

  Eshkevari, Hassan Yussefi

  Esrafilian, Hussein

  ethnic minorities oppression of rebellion by

  Ettelaat

  European Common Market

  European Union Ahmadinejad on nuclear program as trading partner and Turkey

  executions of armed forces Montazeri’s opposition to for “waging war against Allah,”

  exiles; assassination of former allies IRGC officers Khomeini Kurds (Pejak) mullahs opposition groups PDK leaders shah

  Fadlallah, Sayyed Hussein

  Faisal ibn Abdul- Aziz (King)

  Fallahian, Ali

  Family Protection Act

  Fanon, Franz

  Farah (Empress)

  Fardid, Ahmad

  Farouq (King of Egypt)

  Farzad, Massoud

  fascism: antimodern antireligious and death cult Italian and language leader cult and social grievance and terrorism totalitarianism and tradition/ superstition uniforms war cult xenophobia

  Fatah, Al-

  Fatemi, Hussein

  Fath Ali Shah

  Fatima

  Fatimid Caliphate

  Faurisson, Robert

  Fawziah

  Fazel, Javad

  Fedayeen Islam

  Ferdowsi

  Fifth of June Foundation

  Firuz (Abu-Laulau)

  Fischer, Joschka

  Ford, Gerald

  Forqan

  Foruhar, Dariush

  Foucault, Michel

  Fouladvand, Firuz

  Foundation for the Dispossessed and Self-Sacrificers

  France constitution of exiles in military equipment from and nuclear program

  French Revolution and Jews

  Fukuda, Yasuo

  Ganjeh’i, Kamaleddin

  Ganji, Akbar

  Garcia, Alan

  Garcia Márquez, Gabriel

  Gaza

  Genscher, Hans-Dietrich

  geography

  Georgia, Republic of

  Germany Berlin Criminal Court “critical dialogue,” nazis in and nuclear program

  Gharazi, Muhammad

  ghayr (“other”)

  Ghaznavi, Sanai

  Gilan province

  Gilani, Muhammad

  Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry

  Goebbels, Joseph

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

  “Golden Age,”

  Gorbachev, Mikhail

  Great Britain: anti-Americanism in appeasement by and Baghdad Pact diplomacy and Iran’s nuclear program loans to military equipment and Mossadeq and oil see also British Empire

  Greeks (ancient) on democracy and reason

  Guevara, Ernesto “Che,”

  Gugush

  Habash, George

  Habermas, Jürgen

  Habibi, Hassan Ibrahim

  hadiths and Israel and Jews Khomeinist origins Shiite on women

  Haerizadeh, Abol-Hassan

  Hafez

  Hafiz, Abdul-Halim

  Hafsa

  Haideh

  Hajj quotas for

  Halabi, Ali-Akbar

  Halabi, Mahmoud

  Hal al-Masa’el (“Solution to Problems”)

  Hamas funding of and IRGC limitations of on Tehran visits

  Hamzah

  Hanafi Mazhab (school)

  Hanifs

  Haniyeh, Ismail

  Haroun al-Rashid

  Harriman, Averill

  Hashemi, Mahdi

  Hashemites

  Hassan, “Mad Mullah,”

  Hassan II (King of Jordan)

  Hassan bin Ali mourning of and Muawyyah wives of

  Hegira

  Heidegger, Martin

  Heir to Colonialism (Bahar)

  Hejazi, Fakhreddin

  Hejazi, Hussein

  Hejazi, Muhammad

  Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin

  Henderson, Loi

  Heraclius (Emperor)

  Heydaris

  Hezballah Argentine Jewish massacre IRGC financing Khobar attack in Kurdistan, in Latin America in Lebanon Marine barracks attack missile testing as prison staff as strike breakers and Victorious Companions of the Party of God and women (attacks on)

  Hidden Imam (Mahdi / Muhammad ibn Hassan) Ahmadinejad on and American scholars and beards and child “martyrs,” feast day for Grand Occultation and “holy table” parties and Israel and Jamkaran and Koran and Myanmar cyclone “nails” of and nuclear program pretenders and Sunnis and Tehran

  High Council of the Judiciary

  hijab and acid attacks alternative forms banning of colors of etymology of history of on Ka’aba in Koran and manto in Persian literature in schoolbooks in schools as submission (gender apartheid) Western acceptance of

  Hind

  Hindus

  Hitler, Adolf and German language and Munich accords

  Hizb Islami

  Hizb Tahrir Islami

  Hojatieh. See Jamiyat e Hojatieh (Society of the Pledge)

  Hokumat Islami (“Islamic Government”)

  Holocaust Denial Institute

  Holy Struggle for Construction

  Holy Warriors of the Islamic Revolution

  Homayoun, Assad

  Homayoun, Dariush

  homosexuality

  Houti, Sheikh al-

  Hoveyda, Amir Abbas

  Hoveyda, Fereydoun

  Hungary

  Hussein bin Ali (imam) as eternal model mourning of and Princess Shahrbanu as “revolutionary,”

  Hussein, Saddam and ceasefire (1991) and Iran-Iraq war on Israel/Palestine and Mujahedin Khalq nuclear & chemical weapons

  Ibn Kathir

  Ibn Muqaffah (Ruzbeh)

  Ibn Saba, Abdallah

  Ilchibey, Abulfazl

  imamate see also Hidden Imam

  Imam Committees

  Imam Reza Foundation

  imperialism Banisadr on Chomsky on “of compassion,” and Mossadeq and Renaissance and Soviet propaganda and Tudeh see also colonialism

  India British Empire in military technology Muslim population of Zoroastrian refugees in

  Indo-Europeans

  Indonesia

  International Atomic Energy Agency and “incentives,”

  International Court of Justice

  International Labor Organization

  International Monetary Fund

  International Trade Unions Conference

  International Transport Workers Federation

  International Women’s Day

  Internet censorship of

  Iraj Mirza

  Iranian Cossack Brigade

  Iranian Endowments Office

  Iran-Iraq war and Ahmadinejad and child “martyrs,” Iranian Arabs in patriotism in and state structures and Un compromises and United States

  Iran Labor news Agency

  Iraq and “axis of evil,” and Cold War and Gulf War Iranic languages in Kurds in liberation of Mahdi Army Mosque of the Two Imams Mujahedin Khalq Osirak nuclear plant proxy war in refugees from Shiite holy cities in Shiite population of women in

  Iraqi national Assembly

  Iraq war (2003) and Iranian nuclear program and Quds Force Rafsanjani on and Sistani as warning

  Ireland

  Islambouli, Khalid Showqi al-

  Islamic Consultative Assembly (Islamic Majlis) and Chamber of Commerce conservative majority of elections for gerrymandering claim and IRGC on “Islamic dress,” and Mossadeq powers of women in

>   Islamic Dress Code

  Islamic Government (Khomeini)

  Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine

  Islamic Labor Code

  Islamic Majlis. See Islamic Consultative Assembly

  Islamic Moral Brigades

  Islamic Radio and Television

  Islamic Republican Party

  Islamic Republic news Agency

  Islamic Review

  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Ahmadinejad and Armed Forces “attacking by crowding,” and Baluch rebels and Baseej as business conglomerate doubts about regime establishment of and Hezballah indulgence of protest in Iraq and Kurdish rebels and Majlis Mediterranean control missile program and nuclear program officer corps political ambitions privileges of as “terrorist,” and Turkmen rebels

  Islamic Workers’ Council

  Ismailis

  Israel Ahmadinejad on and Cold War and Iran-Iraq war and Lebanon leftist support for minorities in nuclear threat to and “one-state” formula Osirak nuclear plant bombing as scapegoat as shah’s ally shah’s defense of Six-Day War student support for Tehran conference on

  Israel-Argentine Mutual Jewish Association

  Italy Fascists in

  Jaafar Barmaki

  Jaafar ibn Muhammad

  Jaafari, Muhammad-Ali

  Jaafari Movement (Tehrik Jaafari)

  Jaafaris

  Jaafar-Muhammad, Jamal

  Jaafar Sadeq

  Jaballah, Abdallah

  Jamiyat e Hojatieh (Society of the Pledge) and Ahmadinejad

  Jamkaran

  Jamshid

  Janati, Ahmad

  Japan

  Jayhun, Muhammad-Jamal

  Jazayeri, Shamseddin

  Jerusalem

  Jews Argentine massacre Babylonian captivity and conspiracy theories and Crusades Elqanian execution and European anti-Semitism and Hitler and Holocaust denial and Israel massacre of and Muhammad and neo-nazis neturei Karta in parliament Persian friendship to Sunni vs. Shiite conspiracies in Yathrib

  jeziyah (poll tax)

  Jigh va Daad (“Hue and Cry”)

  Jizrawi, Taha Yassin

  Johnson, Lyndon B.

  Jordan

  Jubair, Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-

  Judaism see also Jews

  judiciary: divided system Supreme Judicial Council women on see also Council of the Guardians of the Constitution; Shariah

  Jumhuri Islami

  Jund-Allah

  Jünger, Ernst

  Justice-Seeking University Students Movement

  Kaddhafi, Muammar on “Zionist enemy,”

  Kadivar, Jamileh

  Kadivar, Mohsen

  Kar, Mehrangiz

  Karbaschi, Ghulam-Hussein

  Karrubi, Mehdi on jihadi council as presidential candidate

 

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