Of the Sins of Khalil Maleki: A Political Economy of a Unique Phenomenon

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St Antony’s College; Member, the Faulty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Abstract

Khalil Maleki was a unique phenomenon in the politics of twentieth-century Iran. Once in an article, I described him as ‘the odd intellectual out’, and in another, I wrote about his ‘strange politics’. While he was a committed socialist, unlike most other political forces he believed in dialogue and peaceful political activity, which virtually made him a target for political smear campaigns, although this did not save him from being put on military trial and imprisoned by the shah’s regime!  These attributes summarise some of what I call his sins but there are more, and they all deserve to be mentioned briefly in this Paper. By using a political economy approach, this article investigates the issue in question.

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International Journal of New Political Economy
Volume 6, Issue 1
May 2025
Pages 299-317

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  • Receive Date: 06 February 2025
  • Accept Date: 06 February 2025
  • First Publish Date: 06 February 2025
  • Publish Date: 01 May 2025

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