Joshua Tucker theorizes: I think now the model becomes the Iranian Revolution of 1979 itself. While I am far from an expert on these events, the general story is that protest built up gradually from late 1977 through 1978 and.
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Ever since the Iranian Revolution empowered a socially conservative theocracy led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979, the country has been a difficult place for gays, lesbians and transgender people to call home.
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The philandering politicos John Ensign and Mark Sanford, the Iranian revolution, the death of Michael Jackson.
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Fred Hiatt's team at the WaPo publishes yet another column making exactly the same exhausted neocon point about jumping into the Iranian revolution.
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Brian Ulrich saw this tactic coming: Juan Cole is right about the potential for protests connected to the mourning cycle for those slain.
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The Independent's Robert Fisk from the marches in Tehran:
Not since the 1979 Iranian Revolution have massed protesters gathered in such numbers, or with such overwhelming popularity, through the boulevards of this torrid, despairing city.
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