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Title

Presidential elections in Iran : Islamic idealism since the revolution / Mahmoud Pargoo, Shahram Akbarzadeh.

Author

Pargoo, Mahmoud

Publication

• Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
• ©2021

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Additional Authors

Akbarzadeh, Shahram

Description

viii, 186 pages : illustration; 23 cm

Summary

"During the second televised debate of Iran's 2017 presidential election, moderator Morteza Heidari asked the candidates: 'what are your main foreign policy priorities, especially for supporting the Resistance Front?' (aka the anti-Israeli front consisting of Iran and its regional allies and militias). The candidates evaded the question and proceeded to address general issues related to diplomacy and foreign policy. Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri used the opportunity to elaborate his views on public diplomacy. He proposed two ways to repair Iran's international standing, which included expanding the freedoms of Iranian artists and improving Iran's inbound tourism industry. Hardliner candidate Ebrahim Raisi highlighted the importance of increasing exports and improving relations with Iran's neighboring countries. A veteran of Iran-Iraq war and former Commander of Revolutionary Guards' Air Force Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf spoke of negotiation diplomacy, public diplomacy and economic diplomacy and criticized the Rouhani administration for failing to take advantage of its neighboring market, comprised of 400 million people"--

Subject

• Since 1979
• Presidents > Iran > Election
• Elections > Iran
• Presidential candidates > Iran
• Islam and politics > Iran
• Elections
• Islam and politics
• Politics and government
• Presidential candidates
• Presidents > Election
• Presidents
• Iran > Politics and government > 1979-1997
• Iran > Politics and government > 1997-
• Iran

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.

Contents

Theoretical Framework. Defining Secularisation; Revolutionary Religiosity; Elections: From Anomalies to Pillars of Legitimacy; Conclusion -- The Age of the 'Imam'. Introduction; First Presidential Election, 1980: Abolhassan Banisadr; Second Presidential Election, 1981: Mohammad-Ali Rajai; Third Presidential Election, 1981: Ali Khamenei; Fourth Presidential Election, 1985: Ali Khamenei; Fifth Presidential Election, 1989: Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani; Conclusion -- The Era of Reconstruction and Reform. Introduction; Iran after Khomeini; Sixth Presidential Election, 1993: Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani; Seventh Presidential Election, 1997: Mohammad Khatami; Eighth Presidential Election, 2001: Mohammad Khatami; Conclusion -- Ahmadinejad and Secularisation: Rupture or Continuity?. Introduction; Ninth Presidential Election, 2005: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Tenth Presidential Election, 2009: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Conclusion -- Consolidation of Secularity. Introduction; Eleventh Presidential Election, 2013: Hassan Rouhani; Twelfth Presidential Election, 2017: Hassan Rouhani; Conclusion -- Conclusion. What Are the Implications for the Future? -- Appendix: Presidential Elections in a Nutshell.

Call Number

JFE 23-1514

ISBN

• 9781108834506
• 1108834507
• 1108995136
• 9781108995139

LCCN

2021009396

OCLC

1237633064

Author

Pargoo, Mahmoud, author.

Title

Presidential elections in Iran : Islamic idealism since the revolution / Mahmoud Pargoo, Shahram Akbarzadeh.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1979

Added Author

Akbarzadeh, Shahram, author.

Other Form:

Online version: Pargoo, Mahmoud, Presidential elections in Iran Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108993432 (DLC) 2021009397

Research Call Number

JFE 23-1514