Thibault Gerbail

The Islamic Republic of Iran facing the Green Movement Thibault Gerbail

In 1979, following a revolution against the dynastic regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in power for more than thirty-seven years, Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeiny - charismatic leader of the revolution - established the Islamic Republic of Iran. If once the Shah was overthrown, the consensus seems to be assured around the Islamic Revolution and Khomeini, very quickly some people who participated in the revolutionary movement will feel cheated by the new regime in place. A wave of repression intended to silence any protest against the power - mainly the liberal ways considering that in fact none of their demands had been implemented - reminding the worst hours of the Pahlavi regime.