Booth Prof. Emeritus Marvin Zonis on the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran

February 04, 2018

Marvin Zonis.

Up close and personal: Prof. Zonis gets into Shah's mindset, analyzes reasons for his downfall

"Commenting on the reasons of Shah’s failure, author of the “Majestic Failure “Prof. Zonis says his grandiosity, his Persepolis celebration, his apparent disdain for the Iranian people, the absurd pretensions of monarchy, the inequality, the corruption of the court, the abuse of human rights all contributed to his failure."

Read the full text of the interview at MEHR.

Interview by Payman Yazdani.