The spontaneous uprising had cost the government its political legitimacy, and 's threats led to the violent crackdown, which cost the government its religious legitimacy | Cobbled together from a series of interviews conducted by French journalist Jean-Charles Deniau, it is never merely direct when it can be enigmatic, never just simple when it can be labyrinthine |
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At age 88, Banisadr is currently the | "Iran: The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran" |
In published articles on the , he ascribed the unusually open political climate before the election to the government's great need to prove its legitimacy.
29was among the few people in the government in support of Banisadr, but he was soon stripped of his powers | External links [ ] Wikiquote has quotations related to: Wikimedia Commons has media related to |
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Iran: Outlaw, Outcast, Or Normal Country? | with Jean-Charles Deniau My Turn to Speak: Iran, the Revolution and Secret Deals With the U |
Flight and exile [ ] When Banisadr was impeached on 21 June 1981 he had fled and had been hiding in western Iran.
11Even before Khomeini had signed the impeachment papers, the had seized the Presidential buildings and gardens, and imprisoned writers at a newspaper closely tied to Banisadr | He has resided for many years in where he co-founded the |
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of wrote: "The book is not what normally passes for a bestseller | My Turn to Speak [ ] In 1991, Banisadr released an English translation of his 1989 text My Turn to Speak: Iran, the Revolution and Secret Deals with the U |
The inaugural ceremonies were held at the hospital where Khomeini was recovering from a heart ailment.
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