Sliding into Revolution A doctor's memories of life, love and revolution This is a worm's eye history of the Iranian Revolution in the eyes of a participant, a doctor and university teacher. This is the story of the crucial role played by those whom the ultimate victors have tried to erase. This is the story of the democratic forces of the left, who in many ways ignited the revolutionary fire. Even though the Revolution in the end disgorged an autocratic theocracy, the Islamists were not the only participants nor necessarily the inevitable winners. M.S.Kia is a UK-trained doctor who taught at Shiraz University during and immediately after the Revolution.