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He added that it is "important that the people of Iraq be liberated". Satrapi makes no effort to break this stereotypical image of Iran. Even though she knows - and shows in the film -- how the middle and lower-class Iranian rulers came to power after a massive revolt against a deeply corrupt and tyrannical monarchy; and despite the existential threats against the new state ever since, its political system is fairly representative, fragmented and diverse. (Where in Europe or North America can

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the two consequtive administrations picked up a similar project of modernisation which the shah had previously failed to continue, and with it, the gloomy consequences started to wane in too: corruption, incompetence, and socio-economic inequality. Read the rest and leave comments

event, and the fact that the new regime turned out to be authoritarian, has made Foucault-people tend to sideline these pieces as "untypical", and his enemies have ridiculed them. But look at what he was saying, for instance in this passage quoted in the Guardian's Comment is Free series the other day by Iranian expatriate and activist Hossein Derakhshan: "Islam," Foucault wrote [in 1979] "which is not simply a religion, but an entire way of life, an adherence to a history and a civilisation, has a good chance to become a gigantic powder keg, at the

Just a mirage Heads in the sand Life under military rule Criminal short-sightedness Reviving the Iranian revolt

comment is free Criminal short-sightedness Reviving the Iranian revolt The democratic imperative Seeing justice being done How green is my Berry?