Hooman Majd

Hooman Majd appears in the following:

Iran Takes New Measures to Fight ISIS

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Iran is taking its own measures to fight against ISIS and the threat that it poses for not just Iraq, but for the region. And back in Tehran, hundreds of Iranians rallied in the stree...

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Iran Eyeing the Conflict in Syria Nervously

Monday, May 06, 2013

The twin airstrikes in Damascus on Friday and Sunday attributed to Israel appear to be more about Jerusalem’s broad, mostly covert battle with Iran and Hezbollah than about the bloody...

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Final U.N. Address

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes his final appearance at the United Nations today. European and U.S.-led sanctions and high inflation have taken a toll on Iran’s economy an...

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Democracy and Iran

Friday, October 15, 2010

Hooman Majd, the grandson of an esteemed ayatollah, discusses a group of influential ayatollahs in Iran who still believes in the Iranian republic, and explains their notion of “Islamic democracy." In The Ayatollah’s Democracy: An Iranian Challenge, he introduces top-level politicians, clerics, and ordinary Iranians who express pride for their ancient heritage and fierce independence from the West.

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The State of Iran

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Iranian-American journalist Hooman Majd looks at the current state of Iranian politics after the disputed reelection of Mahmood Ahmadinejad, who is being inaugurated today.

Hooman Majd was on the Leonard Lopate Show September 29, 2008, discussing his book The Ayatolla Begs to Differ. You can listen to that interview ...

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Iran from the Inside

Monday, September 29, 2008

Get an insider’s perspective on Iran’s politics and culture – from Farsi poetry, to what Iranians really think of President Ahmadinejad. Hooman Majd is the Western-educated grandson of an ayatollah, and he’s the author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ.

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