

Pertinent examples are the nuclear issue and the socio-political upheaval in neighbouring Arab countries. Profound and ongoing internal transformations in Iranian society already affect the country’s foreign policy posture, as some of its domestic and external issues converge and will most likely continue to do so. It is clear that in many ways the Islamic Republic is in the throes of a transition where many of its fundamental tenets are being called into question. The volume presents an in-depth assessment of the farreaching changes that the Iranian state and Iranian society have undergone since the 1979 revolution, with a particular focus on the social and political turmoil of the past five years.


"This Chaillot Paper examines recent domestic developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
