Former Iran Hostage: This Isn't a Revolution
Benjamin Sarlin is a reporter for The Daily Beast. He previously covered New York City politics for The New York Sun and has worked for talkingpointsmemo.com.
Moorhead Kennedy was taken hostage in Iran in 1979 and watched the government crumble. He tells The Daily Beast's Benjamin Sarlin about why regime change is unlikely this time around.
I would like to recommend The Life and Times of the Shah by Gholam Reza Afkhami. It is different from most other books on Iran in that it is based mainly on primary material, deals with people and events in context, and is by and large o...
Farah Pahlavi served as Queen of Iran from 1959-1979. She appeared in the documentary The Queen and I at the Sundance film festival this year. Now in her 30th year of exile, she lives in Washington, D.C. and France.
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