Iran's Achievements Since Its 1979 Revolution

Islam as a Source and Stimulant of Knowledge

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Iran’s Achievements Since Its 1979 Revolution: Islam as a Source and Stimulant of Knowledge

By Kevin Barrett, for Crescent International

On 22 Bahman (11 February) 1979, the exiled Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Iran to guide the triumphant Islamic Revolution and found the world’s first Islamic republic. When it became clear that Imam Khomeini was serious about forging a modern, forward-looking Islamic society that would radically break with Western political philosophy and its imperial world order, Western observers—their arrogance tempered by barely-concealed panic—predicted that the Islamic Republic would be a short-lived experiment. They quickly set about trying to ensure that their doomsaying would become a self-fulfilling prophecy.