Despite Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei assurance that Iran’s presidential election was fair, protests continued. Joining The Takeaway for an overview is Hamid Dabashi, author and professor of Iranian Studies at Columbia University.
Mir Hossein Mousavi’s supporters claim he was the real winner of Iran’s presidential election. But who is Mousavi, really? We turn to Professor Hamid Dabashi, author and professor of Iranian Studies at Columbia University.
Joining The Takeaway this morning and following the protests in Iran closely is Professor Hamid Dabashi, Professor of Iranian Studies at Columbia and the author of ?Iran: A People Interrupted’ and ?Islamic Liberation Theology: Resisting the Empire.’
How President Obama Should Handle the Iranian Crisis
President Obama’s stance on the Iranian election has riled some Republicans who want to show solidarity with Moussavi supporters. The Takeaway is joined by Indiana Congressman Mike Pence and Hamid Dabashi, author and Columbia University professor.
To help The Takeaway analyze the Iranian protests is Columbia University professor of Iranian Studies Hamid Dabashi . Also joining the discussion is Ali, an engineer in Tehran and a supporter of opposition candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi.
