The Mantle of the Prophet

Informed by eyewitness testimony, the foremost account of Iran’s 1979 Revolution and its impact today

Drawn from the first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses, Roy Mottahedeh's absorbing tale of Islam and Politics in revolutionary Iran is widely regarded as one of the best records of that turbulent time ever written.

This revised edition includes a new chronology detailing events in Iran from the revolution right up to the present day and Ahmadinejad’s controversial regime. There is simply no better resource for understanding Iran’s past, present, and future.

Roy Mottahedeh is Gurney Professor of Islamic History at Harvard University. An internationally renowned expert, his academic awards include a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Prize Fellowship.