Roya Hakakian, author of Assassins of the Turquoise Palace and Journey from the Land of No, joins the show to discuss the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini, and how these events have shaped the world.
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02:56 Life Before the Revolution
11:02 Antisemitism in Revolutionary Iran
21:56 Khomeini’s Rise to Power
22:32 The Global Left and the Soviet Union
29:49 A Catastrophe of the 20th Century
37:21 The State of the Iranian Regime
42:19 The Revolution is Alive and Well
52:01 The Future of Iran and Its Leadership
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