Iranian Kurdistan Under the Islamic Republic

Marouf Cabi received his PhD in History from the University of St Andrews, UK, and is a social and cultural historian of modern Iran. He has published in academic journals, including articles for Middle East Studies, Middle East Critique, and Contemporary Review of the Middle East. He is author of The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran: Modernity, Modernization, and Social Change 1921-1979, (2022). He taught Middle Eastern history at the University of St Andrews for several years. Currently, he is a visiting fellow at Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

• List of Figures. List of Map. List of Tables. Acknowledgement. Translation and Transliteration. Preface. Introduction. 1 20th Century: Modernising Kurdistan. 2 Revolution and the Coming of The Islamic Republic. 3 Kurdistan Defying the New Regime. 4 1980-1990: A Decade of War and Armed Struggle.5 The 1990s: A Decade of Ideological and Organisational Transformation. 6 21st 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 Jom'e warns ‘black days ahead’.Bibliography. Index.

This book provides a rich and accessible account of Kurdish politics and society in Iran over the last century or so. It carefully charts the course, dynamics, and consequences of the evolution of Kurdish national democratic movement in Iran. It benefits students, researchers and practitioners alike.