In this episode, Sydney Martin interviews Dr. Eric Lob about his recent article for the Iran 1400 Project “Institutional Continuities and Changes in the Islamic Republic of Iran: The Case of Construction Jihad.” Using Construction Jihad as their focal point, they discuss a wide range of events and ideas, such as development, the Islamic Republican Party, the Iran-Iraq War, and the consolidation of power in Iran since the revolution.
The article is available on our website, please check it out here before or after you listen:
https://iran1400.org/discover/the-case-of-construction-jihad/
Eric Lob is an associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University. His research focuses on the politics of development in the Middle East and beyond. He is the author of the bookIran’s Reconstruction Jihad: Rural Development and Regime Consolidation after 1979.
