Iranian Kurdistan Under the Islamic Republic

Change, Revolution, and Resistance

Marouf Cabi

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Year: 2024
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780755654376
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Middle Eastern History
• Index: History

This book presents a social, political, cultural, and socioeconomic history of Iranian Kurdistan since the 1979 Revolution.

In this study, Marouf Cabi shines a spotlight on the modern history of Iranian Kurdistan – an area of Greater Kurdistan understudied in comparison to its regions in Syria and Iraq. The book provides a historical narrative and analysis of Kurdistan since the Revolution. It addresses key changes and events in detail, such as the participation of the Kurds in the Revolution, the reinvigoration of the Kurdish movements and the emergence of the women's movement, the armed struggle of the 1980s, socioeconomic and political change of the 1990s, and the emergence of civil society since 2000. Cabi draws on extensive primary sources, including oral history, various newspapers, journals, and books published during the period.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Dedication
• Title Page
• Kurdish Studies Series
• Table of Contents
• List of Map
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Translation and Transliteration
• Introduction
• 1 Twentieth century: Modernizing Kurdistan
• 2 Revolution and the coming of the Islamic Republic
• 3 Kurdistan defying the new regime
• 4 1980–90: A decade of war and armed struggle
• 5 The 1990s: A decade of ideological and organizational transformation
• 6 Twenty-first century: The rise of civil society
• 7 The uprising of woman, life, freedom
• Conclusion: Writing Kurdish history in Iran
• Appendix 1: 26-Article plan for the autonomy of Kurdistan
• Appendix 2: Ketab-e Jomʿe warns ‘black days ahead’
• Bibliography
• Index
• Copyright Page