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The king and I
The last Shah of Iran was bundled out of power in 1979 by one of the shaping events of modern history. Yet an engaging new biography by a monarchist insider is blind to its deepest causes and consequences
Subject: Books & literatureMisreading Iran (again)
Michael Axworthy
— 22nd March 2006 — Issue 120 
The west usually gets Iran wrong. Talk of air strikes and sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme suggests we are continuing to do so
Moral bombing?
Area bombing of German cities in the second world war was unnecessary, but was not a crime. Sometimes ends can justify means
Subject: Books & literature, Europe, History & heritage, Intellectuals & ideasThe loss of faith
Our commitment to the values on which our society is based has been hollowed out
Subject: British societyExplaining Ahmadinejad
Michael Axworthy
— 28th August 2005 — Issue 113
How did a hardliner defy expectations to win Iran’s presidency?
Subject: Law & governmentIranian rebels
The MKO is a bloody, cultish Iranian terror group. Why is it receiving western support?
Subject: International politicsMichael Axworthy
Michael Axworthy is the author of Iran: Empire of the Mind (Penguin)
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