All the ayatollah’s men: Iran’s proxies are fighting on many fronts
02.01 2024:
Forty-five years ago this month, a revolution was underway in Iran. It was called the Iranian Revolution, but its leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had a more ambitious project in mind.
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