The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian Challenge

"One of America's most astute revealers of Iranian culture and identity."-Reza Aslan, The Atlantic

Hailed as one of the year's best foreign policy books, Hooman Majd's latest offers dramatic perspective on a country with global ambitions, an elaborate political culture, and policies with enormous implications for world peace. Drawing on privileged access to the Iranian power elite, Majd "gives a harrowing description of the aftermath of the 2009 presidential elections in Iran" (Haleh Esfandi...