While the Islamic Republic has employed various strategies to mitigate the worst excesses of inter-ethnic tension while still securing a Shi'a dominated "Persian hegemony," the systematic neglect of ethnic groups by both the Islamic Republic and its predecessor regime has resulted in the politicization of ethnic identity in Iran.

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Alam Saleh is a lecturer in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, UK.

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Book Title: Ethnic Identity and the State in Iran
Authors: Alam Saleh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137310873
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-31086-6Published: 19 July 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45676-5Published: 19 July 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31087-3Published: 17 July 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 233
Topics: Political Sociology, Middle Eastern Politics, Social Policy, Ethnicity Studies, Middle Eastern Culture, Political Science

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