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
Begin our discussion of iran, a people in repression. Im david ignatius, a columnist for the washington post. Ive visited iran several times as a journalist and have a longstanding interest as a commentator and analysts 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 21, 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 called rosewater, if memory serves, was the name and the unmistakable calling card of maziars interrogator. In 2014, he started something that im sure is familiar to many people in this audience, certainly as a mustread for anyone who wants to follow iran, and thats his website
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