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Suzanne Maloney

articles/2009/06/13/an-absurd-outcome/maloney-iran-elections_31945_zeulpu

An Absurd Outcome

The main questions left after Ahmadinejad’s surprising win is how much the vote was manipulated—and, asks Suzanne Maloney of the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution, whether Obama can possibly still pursue diplomacy as an option with a fractured Iran.

Suzanne Maloney

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