Algeria swears in a new president after an election you people wanted protesters rejected. As illegitimate so how will he manage his critics and can he ends months of demonstrations demanding political change this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im dead. For the 1st time in 20 years algeria has a president who isnt. The former leader a step down in april 1000 people rallied against his bid for a 5th term in office but it appears many people are also unhappy with the man taking over. A sworn in on thursday after winning last weeks election which had the lowest turnout in algerias history at less than 40 percent the former Prime Minister was one of 5 candidates who all had ties with the fleet. Has offered to hold talks with protesters who for 10 months ive been calling for a complete overhaul of the political system he says the election put algeria back on the path to legitimacy. In the you could be a big success and the fruits of the Civil Movement people felt that thi
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Washington post columnist David Ignatius hosted a conversation with two experts on iran. They discussed irans political future and impact on the greater middle east. This is an hour and a half. Ladies and gentlemen, while my fellow panelists are getting wired up, let me begin our discussion of iran upheaval and repression. Im David Ignatius. Im a columnist for the washington post. Have visited iran several times as a journalist and have a longstanding interest as a commentator and analyst in iran. Im delighted to be joined by two of the people i think understand iran the best in this country. Ill move from my left. Maziar bahari was my colleague as a newsweek reporter in iran. He worked for newsweek from 1998 until june 21st, 2009, when he was arrested and imprisoned in tehran. Youll know if youve read his wonderful memoir, then they came for me, what that imprisonment was like, and if you havent read the book, you can go see the movie because it was made into a movie by jon stewart ca
Algeria swears in a new president after an election few people wanted protesters rejected. As illegitimate so how will he manage his critics and can he ends months of demonstrations demanding political change this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. For the 1st time in 20 years algeria has a president who isnt. The former leader step down in april 1000 people rallied against his bid for a 5th term in office but it appears many people are also unhappy with the man taking over. A sworn in on thursday after winning last weeks election which had the lowest turnout in algeria as history at less than 40 percent the former Prime Minister was one of 5 candidates who all had ties with. To boone has offered to hold talks with protesters who for 10 months ive been calling for a complete overhaul of the political system he says the election put algeria back on the path to legitimacy. In the you could be. A big success of the fruits of the Civil Movement people felt that things neede
Longstanding interest as a commentator and analyst in iran. Im delighted to be joined by two of the people i think understand iran best in this country, and i will just move from my left, Maziar Bahari was my colleague as a newsweek reporter in iran. He worked for newsweek from 1998 until june 21, 2009, thousand nine, when he was arrested and imprisoned in tehran. You will know if youve read his wonderful memoir, then they came for me, what that imprisonment was like. If you havent read the book, you can go see the movie because it was made into a movie by jon stewart called rosewater if memory serves, was the name and the unmistakable calling card of his interrogator. In 2014 he started something that im sure its know youre too many people in this audience, certainly is a must read for anyone who wants to follow iran, and thats his website called iran wire which gathers information from iran, reporting, commentary, immensely valuable resource for all of us. And Suzanne Maloney who is