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The Leonard Lopate Show / September 29, 2008 / Iran from the Inside

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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  • [1] mp September 29, 2008 - 01:32PM

    President Ahmadinejad sounds like a lovely but very misunderstood man.
  • [2] Sally from Soho September 29, 2008 - 01:33PM

    Can you ask him about his feelings on the USA misconception that Ahmejdinejad is not really in control Iran.

    Obama tried to make this point in the debate but it was swallowed by silence and the terrible format.


  • [3] lila gutowski from nj September 29, 2008 - 01:42PM

    If iranian go to great pains to separate themselves from arabs, why the identification with the palestinians at all costs?
  • [4] Edward Lewit from New York September 29, 2008 - 01:44PM

    How can we better communicate with the Iranians since the language nuances are so different??

    Thanks

    Ed Lewit
  • [5] Amy from Manhattan September 29, 2008 - 01:46PM

    This is really interesting. So Farsi "Death to" is kind of the flip side of the Spanish, French, etc., "Viva" or "Vive" for "Up with"!

    And if modern-day Iranians look to the Persian Empire & to Cyrus as a model of leadership, then logically they should support Zionism! After all, it was Cyrus who returned the Jews of the Babylonian exile to Israel.
  • [6] Laura from Manhattan September 29, 2008 - 01:58PM

    Bless my stars! Leonard Lopate, WNYC, amazing topics and guests.........This is so helpful and enjoyable! Many thanks!!!
  • [7] Roger from East Village September 29, 2008 - 02:00PM

    Thanks, once again, for an enlightening conversation about a topic I had little understanding. Very interesting.
  • [8] Peterson from Westchester September 29, 2008 - 02:56PM

    OK, so all that "wipe Israel off the map" stuff is just Farsi rhetoric?
  • [9] Amy from Manhattan September 30, 2008 - 11:04PM

    Peterson: From what I heard, Ahmedinejad said Israel *should* be wiped off the map, which is not the same as threatening to do it. Makes me think those words were chosen carefully. Or maybe it doesn't come across well in translation, like some of the other things Mr. Majd talked about.
  • [10] sigh October 09, 2008 - 12:50AM

    Google "Rumor of the Century"

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