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Reading Jefferson in Tehran; One member of President Bush's "axis of evil" has a surprising democratic heritage.
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The Washington Post
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August 13, 2006| Author:
Reviewed by Shaul Bakhash
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DEMOCRACY IN IRAN
History and the Quest for Liberty
By Ali Gheissari and Vali Nasr
Oxford Univ. 214 pp. $29.95
Few Americans will be surprised to hear that Iran has a well-
established autocratic tradition. Shapur II, the 4th-century ruler
of the Sasanian Empire, spoke of himself as "king of kings, partner
with the stars, brother of the sun and moon." In the 20th century,
the two Pahlavi monarchs, both modernizing autocrats, had little
patience for political criti...
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