Relations between the USSR and Iran during the period from the
overthrow of the Shah and the establishment of the Islamic Republic
up to early 1983 are reviewed in this book. It begins with a brief
survey of Russian-Persian relations in earlier years, with a focus
on the developments that served as a background to the current
events. It examines Soviet attitudes and reactions to Iran's
foreign and internal policy and highlights the way in which the
Soviets often raise events of which they do not approve in order to
draw Iran closer to them. In particular, the book discusses the
Soviet response to the Iran-Iraq war and the position of the Tudeh
Party and the other leftists within Iran. Iran's policy towards the
USSR is treated at length and it is shown that it is suspicious of
a tacit USA-USSR agreement over the fate of Iran. Khomeini's
attempts to isolate Iran from both East and West are also reviewed.
This book was one of the first to discuss this crucial dimension in
Middle East politics and it makes a significant contribution to our
understanding of the forces driving the Iranian Revolution.
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