Much of the Western world responded to Iran's recent post-election upheaval with surprise. The demands of protesters left many pundits scrambling to explain what they perceived as unprecedented politicization of the citizenry. The author analyzes Iran's political and ideological transformation in the post-Khomeini period.

Khomeini and the Islamic revolution --Dual leadership and constitutional developments after Khomeini -- Thermidor at last : Hashemi-Rafsanjani's presidency and the economy -- Revolutionary ideology and its transformation into Islamic reformism -- The rise and fall of President Khatami and the reform movement -- Social and political consequences of the integrative revolution -- Iran's foreign policy : from the export of revolution to pragmatism -- Iran's new political class and the Ahmadinejad presidency -- Khomeini's successor : Ayatollah Khamenei as the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran -- The hardliners, foreign policy, and nuclear development.

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