Revolutionary Iran: a history of the Islamic republic

The background: ma chegoneh ma shodim? ('how did we become what we are?')

The 1970s and the slide to revolution

Like the person he ought to be: Islamic republic, 1979-80

Jang-e tahmili: the imposed war, 1980-88

The end of the war, the death of the Emam, and reconstruction: Khamenei and Rafsanjani, 1988-97

Bim-e mowj (fear of the wave): Khatami and reform, 1997-2005

Everything must change so that everything can stay the same: Ahmadinejad and Khamenei, 2005-2012.