The Iranian Revolution is often portrayed as an uprising led by Islamic fundamentalists against the discredited regime of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. This is a misconception. In this public meeting – sponsored by Hands Off the People of Iran, the Socialist Youth Network, CPGB and Communist Students – Torab Saleth (who played a leading role in the revolution) will outline the genuine social dynamics of the mass democratic movement that rose against the Shah and the leading role of progressive women’s and workers’ organisations within it.

Sunday February 15, 6pm
Bertrand Russel Room, Conway Hall,
25 Red Lion Square (near Holborn). All welcome.

• Women of the revolution
  Thirty years after the toppling of the Shah in Iran, Hands Off the People of Iran supporter Azar Sheibani looks at how Iranian women have defied the reign of misogynist terror (published on Red Pepper)
• After the revolution
  When Ayatollah Khomeini arrived in Tehran on 1 February 1979, a brief period of freedom for Iranians came to an end. Hands Off the People of Iran chair Yassamine Mather looks at the development of the Islamic Republic’s suppression of dissent (published in Index on Censorship)