The experts at the seminar “The Iranian Revolution in Retrospect: The Internal, Regional and Global Impact” organised by Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Center in cooperation with the Ibn Khaldon Center for Humanities and Social Sciences.
A number of experts from within and outside Qatar University (QU) spoke on “The Iranian Revolution in Retrospect: The Internal, Regional and Global Impact” organised by QU’s Gulf Studies Center in cooperation with the Ibn Khaldon Center for Humanities and Social Sciences.
During the seminar experts addressed the changes sparked by the revolution exactly 40 years ago.
Director of the Gulf Studies Center and Associate Professor in Contemporary History of the Middle East at QU, Dr Mahjoob Zweiri said: “This seminar is important because it discusses a sensitive and important issue in the Middle East and the world. The Iranian Revolution is considered a major global event, which rattled the world during the last century, just as the Iraqi invasion did in Kuwait.”
The seminar comes as part of a constructive cooperation between the GSC and the Ibn Khaldon Center in QU, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the start of the war.
Professor of Political Sciences at University of Tehran, Nasser Hadian, and Professor at Georgetown University SFS-Qatar, Dr Luciano Zaccara also spoke at the seminar.
Prof Nasser Hadian emphasised the Iranian Revolutions impact on daily life for Iranians, saying the revolution radically changed people’s lifestyles and introduced what is now called political Islam. He claimed even the West’s attitudes and outlook towards Islam changed, turning critical and analytical.
The lecturer Dr Luciano Zaccara focused on the Iranian regime in terms of democratic aspects and its dedication to the revolution democracy. Zaccara introduced a reading of the election schedule from 1980 to 2017 showing the rise and fall of participation rates and clarified the reasons for that.
