Unrest in Iran

The Political Scene | The New Yorker | Jan 5, 2018

Last week, protests against the government of President Hassan Rouhani broke out across Iran. On the eve of the fortieth anniversary of the Iranian revolution, Robin Wright joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what Ayatollah Khomeini misunderstood about the price of chickens, and what the demonstrations mean for the politics of the region.

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