The Rise and Fall of the Ayatollah Regime - Uzi Rabi

On the final day of the Twelve-Day War in June 2025, while analysts debated outcomes, Professor Uzi Rabi already saw the end approaching. The question was no longer whether the ayatollah regime would fall, but how and when.

Written while Tehran was still standing, the book captures a reality in motion: growing pressure within Iran and a regime losing its grip. Rabi follows the arc of the Islamic Revolution from the Shah’s fall and Khomeini’s rise, through the Revolutionary Guards and the nuclear program, to Operation “Rising Lion,” which marked a turning point.

The ayatollah regime, the book argues, has reached a historic breaking point that may reshape the Middle East.