Twenty-six years after the Islamic Revolution, just when the West had expected Iran to settle down and become more pragmatic, the regime of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems to have lurched back toward radicalism. By looking at earlier revolutions, we can perhaps come to understand what is happening in Iran, for recent events there have clear historical precedents.
伊斯兰革命爆发26年之后，正当西方预料伊朗局势稳定、变得更加注重实效之时，内贾德总统当局标志着伊朗突然回归到激进主义的时代。通过考查早先的革命，我们或许可以理解伊朗的现状，因为近期的事件都有明显的历史先例。