Book review: The Ayatollahs' Democracy by Hooman Majd
The Ayatollahs' Democracy Hooman Majd Allen Lane, £20 ****
They order things differently in Iran, where it seems an electoral landslide can be won with a minority of votes. For Hooman Majd, however, western condemnation is an inadequate response to the political realities of the peculiar position Iran has assumed. A longtime exile, Majd makes no secret of his desire for democracy - or his conviction that, in some shape or form, it will one day come. In this wry and witty account of his conversations with Iran's political elite, he draws out their pride, preoccupations and fears with sceptical sympathy and humour.
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