Well, it seems Iran is back in the news again. Many of us, including myself, have written diaries celebrating the resumption of the protests, telling the atrocities of the "Islamic" Republic, and hoping we might, finally, see an end to them. But its important to see the events of 2009 in light of the events of 30 years ago. In this dairy, I'll provide a bit of history of the Islamic Revolution and the first few years of Khomeini for context, along with some thoughts on the current protests. Hopefully, I'll help put the current news in a little context, and I want to bring home (in a way that I don't think people often do) the seriousness of what is happening.
But now, the story turns back to thirty years ago, and the beginning of a new era for Iran.
