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Podcast interview w/ former Iranian President Banisadr
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george...@gmail.com
Oct 30, 2009, 10:39:30 AM10/30/09
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Posted this morning at Electric Politics, a podcast interview with
former Iranian President Banisadr. Topics include Afghanistan, the
current situation in Iran, and western relations with the Islamic
world generally. Abolhassan Banisadr was the first President of Iran
following the 1979 revolution. After a falling out with the clerics in
1981 -- in large part over the hostage crisis -- Banisadr fled for his
life, taking political asylum in France.
former Iranian President Banisadr. Topics include Afghanistan, the
current situation in Iran, and western relations with the Islamic
world generally. Abolhassan Banisadr was the first President of Iran
following the 1979 revolution. After a falling out with the clerics in
1981 -- in large part over the hostage crisis -- Banisadr fled for his
life, taking political asylum in France.
He gives interviews only rarely (if you search the web you'll see that
this is so), making today's podcast somewhat newsworthy in and of
itself.
The interview with Mr. Banisadr goes through an interpreter, Dr.
Mahmood Delkhasteh, a recent Ph.D. from the London School of Economics
and a close Banisadr confidant. All the Persian is left intact in the
podcast so that Persian speakers can hear Mr. Banisadr for themselves.
Hopefully, listening should not be an undue burden to non-Persian
speakers and the half that's in English will make it all worthwhile.
If you like the podcast please feel free to redistribute the link.
http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2009/10/free_running.html
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