As Iran’s revolution turns 40, a consensus: Things must change

Recirculating more and more these days, as Iranians assess both the sweet and bitter fruit of 40 years of Islamic Revolution, is a video taken on the plane carrying Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979. Known by his followers as bot shekan, the “idol smasher,” Mr. Khomeini was about to sweep away 2,500 years of monarchy in Iran – and a shah who was a staunch American, Israeli, and Western ally. Khomeini aimed to install instead an Islamic Republic that promised justice, prosperity, and a popular “government of God,” which would virulently oppose the United States and Israel.

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