Iran: the adolescent revolution.(Continuity and Transformation: The Modern Middle East) From: Journal of International Affairs | Date: June 22, 1995| Author: Sick, Gary | COPYRIGHT 1995 Columbia University School of International Public Affairs. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Post-revolutionary tension persists in Iran but increasingly favors awareness of national limitations and the drawbacks of militant actions against its neighbors. Thus it is now less of a threat, in part because its capacities for interference remain less than before the 1979 revolution. The country's leaders have also returned to several policies and programs started by the Shah, showing that national interest can compete successfully with ideology in some political arenas, though only if re...