Communists and Islamists in Iran: The 1979 Unity, the 1988 Executions, and the Islamization of Campuses — A Comprehensive Report.
During the 1970s, Iran was rapidly modernizing along Western lines. Beneath this transformation, however, deep political tensions were building. Those tensions exploded in the 1979 Revolution. A broad coalition of communists, Islamists, student groups, and nationalists united to overthrow the Shah. While the alliance succeeded in removing the monarchy, the years that followed profoundly reshaped…

