The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran

Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present

R Cohen author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:10th Dec '15

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This book analyzes the evolution of the Hojjatiyeh movement in Iran, a semi-clandestine movement which emerged in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement, went underground in the 1960s, and re-emerged openly after Iran's 1979 revolution with its members coming to occupy some of the highest echelon posts in Iranian politicsThis book analyzes the evolution of the Hojjatiyeh movement in Iran, a semi-clandestine movement which emerged in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement, went underground in the 1960s, and re-emerged openly after Iran's 1979 revolution with its members coming to occupy some of the highest echelon posts in Iranian politics

'Highly original, rich in detail, and timely.'

- Anoushiravan Ehteshami, ESRC Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World, Durham University, UK

ISBN: 9781349454594

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194 pages

1st ed. 2013