Iran: politics, economy and international relations

This is a comprehensive survey of the forces which have been shaping and changing modern Iran and Iran's foreign relations.

In considering Pahlavi Iran, it looks at the roots of the 1979 revolution and the forces which were unleashed then.

Anoushiravan Ehteshami reflects on how the country's new elite emerged and how the new political forces changed Iran, its political economy and the country's relations with the outside world.