The Iranian Revolution in the New Era

This report by Said Amir ARjomand analyzes the June 2009 electoral push in Iran which ushered in a new phase in the Islamic Republic’s now thirty-one year long history. With the apparent backing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the hard-line incumbent presidential candidate Mahmud Ahmadinejad was declared the election’s winner provoking a massive wave of protests in Tehran and other urban areas throughout the country.