Abbas Milani on Ali Khamenei: A Profile in Dogma
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Abbas Milani and Morten Høi Jensen discuss Milani's recent Liberties essay "Ali Khamenei: A Profile in Dogman"
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Abbas Milani and Morten Høi Jensen discuss Milani's recent Liberties essay "Ali Khamenei: A Profile in Dogman"
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Dr. Abbas Milani
Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University · Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution
1 appearance on this show
Aatish Taseer
author of "A Return to Self"
1 appearance on this show
Alissa Wilkinson
film critic · Vox
1 appearance on this show
Agnes Callard
Acclaimed Philosopher, Professor, Essayist, Author · University of Chicago
1 appearance on this show
Henry Oliver
The Common Reader
1 appearance on this show
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