Children of Paradise (78 page)

distributing money,
339
–40

economy and,
343
–44,
350

in election of 2005,
331
–34

in election of 2009,
354
,
405

foreign policy and,
344
–45,
357

hardline cabinet of,
334
–35

Khamenei and,
420
,
461

Mahdi and,
346

Mesbah and,
347

as provincial governor,
341

reformists and,
341
,
388
,
417
–18

reversing reforms,
348
–49

as Tehran mayor,
233
,
341
–42

Alaei, Ahmad Mir (writer),
177

Alavi High School,
57
–58

Alavitabar, Alireza (reformist social scientist),
318

Al-e Ahmad, Jalal (essayist)

Behrangi and,
7
–8

criticism of West by,
7
–9

writings of,
75
,
108

Ali (first imam; founder of Shiism),
13
,
159
,
433

Alikhani, Mehrdad (“Hashemi”; intelligence official),
177
–78

Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran.
See
Abadgaran

Alternative Thinkers of Civil Society,
270

American embassy, hostage crisis at,
39
,
41
–42,
69
,
83
–84,
86
,
247
,
340

American Revolution,
109

Amini, Asieh (activist),
358
–60,
361
–404,
406
,
408
–12,
416
–17,
419
,
423
–24,
427
–28,
457
–59

Amirentezam, Abbas (deputy prime minister)

forgiving Gilani,
363

Mirebrahimi and,
249
–51,
260

Mousavi and,
86

in prison,
49
,
90
–91,
250

trial of,
47
–49

Amirkabir University,
187
–92,
205
,
251

Amirkhizi, Saeed (prisoner),
97

analytic philosophy,
60
,
79
,
118
–19,
143

Anatomy of Revolution, The
(Brinton),
127

Ansar-e Hezbollah (militia)

Ahmadinejad and,
341

Ganji on,
181

Khatami and,
192

students opposing,
190
,
193
,
196
,
198

threatening Soroush,
122
–23,
192

apostasy,
90
,
96
–97,
111
,
116

Arabi, Sohrab (protester),
427

Arendt, Hannah,
109

Aristotle,
30
,
64

armed forces

coup attempt from within,
43

Supreme Leader commanding,
38

arrested bloggers

censors and,
254
–55

Constitutional Watch Committee and,
305
–8

in Evin Prison,
288
–90

forced confessions of,
288
–90

life after prison for,
301
–2

offer of work at
Kayhan
,
304
–5

at press conference,
303
–4

after recanting to committee,
308
–10

sentencing of,
312
–13

Article
90
commission,
238
–41

Asadi, Houshang (former Tudeh member),
84
–85

Asgar, Saeed (assassin),
228
–29

Asgharzadeh, Ebrahim (reformist politician),
227
,
247
,
287
,
292
–93

Asharites,
117

Assembly of Experts (clerical body),
347
–48

“Axis of Evil,”
236
,
345

Ayandeh (polling agency),
147
,
158

ayatollahs,
27
–28.
See also
clerics; grand ayatollahs;
names of individual ayatollahs

Azam, Shahram (doctor),
238

Baathists,
46

Babachahi, Ali (editor),
169

Baghi, Emadeddin (sociologist),
288
,
302
,
330

Bahai (faith),
28
,
90
,
340

Bahari, Maziar (filmmaker),
457
–58

Bahman Cultural Center,
222

Bani-Sadr, Abolhassan (president)

call for release of hostages,
41
–42

escape to France,
43
–44

expulsion of,
82

as fugitive,
42
–43

Khomeini and,
40
,
42

Mojahedin and,
42
–43

offense toward clerics,
40
–41

removal from presidency,
42

Barazandeh, Hossein (Shariati aide),
177

Bashiriyeh, Hossein (political theorist)

at Center for Strategic Research,
145
–46,
178

documenting revolution,
138
–39

early years of,
134
–36

Mirebrahimi and,
247

as professor,
139
–40,
143
–44

serial killings and,
178

writings of,
144

Basij (volunteer militia)

on Bloody Saturday,
423
–25

composition of,
45

in elections,
332
,
408
–9

as law enforcement,
133

return from war,
89

size of force,
82

support of Ahmadinejad,
407
–8

Bazargan, Mehdi (nationalist leader)

death of,
190

defense of Amirentezam,
47
–49

hostage crisis and,
39
–40

impact of,
47

influence on Soroush,
59

joining Khomeini,
31

memorial for,
176

as prime minister,
35
–37,
47

reformists and,
49
–50

resignation of,
40

students and,
189
–90

as technocrat,
36

writings and lectures,
173
,
186

Behesht-e Zahra (graveyard),
82
,
171
,
428

Beheshti, Mohammad (ayatollah)

Bani-Sadr and,
41

death,
43

humanities curriculum and,
70

Islamic judiciary and,
35

Mousavi as protégé of,
83
,
85

on Revolutionary Council,
34

rewriting constitution,
38

Behrangi, Samad (writer),
4
–5,
7
,
23
,
108
,
166

Being and Time
(Heidegger),
77

Bijeh, Mohammad (serial killer),
289

Black Report Cards,
91
–92

Blind Owl, The
(Hedayat),
135

Bloody Saturday (June
20
, 2009),
423
–24