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Cover subtitle: Under the Shah, Islamic Revolution, Iran today
Table of contents includes: The return of the Ayatollah -- Iranian history -- Shi'ism in Iran -- The last Shah -- Ayatollah Khomeini -- The Islamic Revolution -- The new Islamic Republic -- The Islamic Republic and the outside world -- The American hostage crisis -- Oil and the Islamic Revolution -- War between Iran and Iraq -- War between Iran and Iraq -- The end of the Iran-Iraq War -- Human rights in Iran -- The Rushdie affair -- The death of Khomeini -- Iran and the USA -- Iran and Europe -- A time of reform -- Khatami's second term -- The 'Axis of Evil' -- Iran and nuclear weapons -- Iran faces the future