Iran’s revolution shook the world in 1979. Forty years later, Brookings experts Suzanne Maloney and Bruce Riedel look back on the rise of the Islamic Republic and explore what the revolution means for today’s volatile Middle East and U.S. relations with Iran.
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Watch: Experts look back on Iran’s 1979 revolution and the US response
Suzanne Maloney and
Suzanne Maloney
Vice President and Director
- Foreign Policy
@MaloneySuzanne
Bruce Riedel
Bruce Riedel
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
January 24, 2019