Beacon of Diversity: Ayandegan and the Iranian Spring of Freedom of 1979

Dr Siavush Randjbar-Daemi is Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of St Andrews. His core research interests lie in the evolution of the state in modern and contemporary Iran, and the contribution to the public sphere, particularly in periods of relative pluralism, such as the early 1950s or 1979-1981, of a variety of actors, from crowds formed by subaltern parts of society to socio-political elites.