The paradox that is Persia: Abbas Milani at TEDxStanford
Abbas Milani is the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford and a co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover ...
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Translator: Roozbeh Fakhr Reviewer: Leila Ataei Iran that you see in the media, Iran that you see talked about Iran that you see written about, most often in the last 30 years, is a dour country, run by angry old men, who shout death to America, death to Israel, who promote a cult of martyrdom. But it's also a society that produces Maz Jobrani. And I am here to tell you that there is a lot more happening inside Iran than what you see here. A lot more things that are very very promising. I'm not here to tell you that there's nothing to worry about Iran, but I'm here to tell you that if you really understand the paradox of Persia, you will find a country that is worth being interested in. And it is a country that does not deserve to be stereotyped by the behavior of its curre...
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Translator: Roozbeh Fakhr Reviewer: Leila Ataei Iran that you see in the media, Iran that you see talked about Iran that you see written about, most often in the last 30 years, is a dour country, run by angry old men, who shout death to America, death to Israel, who promote a cult of martyrdom. But it's also a society that produces Maz Jobrani. And I am here to tell you that there is a lot more happening inside Iran than what you see here. A lot more things that are very very promising. I'm not here to tell you that there's nothing to worry about Iran, but I'm here to tell you that if you really understand the paradox of Persia, you will find a country that is worth being interested in. And it is a country that does not deserve to be stereotyped by the behavior of its curre...
