Iran’s Zombie Democracy Comes Back to Life

Massoumeh Ebtekar and Hossein Sheikholeslam both were radical Islamist students who took part in the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Over three decades later, they’re political rivals battling to define the future of the Islamic Republic.

Reformists were on the verge of being excluded from Iranian politics. Now they're back at the center of the action.