Iran Unraveled: Temptations of Tradition and Modernity in Iran

Prominent experts discuss internal and external paths toward change in Iran, followed by an audience Q&A session.

Featuring...

Abbas Milani, Hoover Fellow, Program in Iranian Studies at Stanford, Stanford University

Roy Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Harvard University

Behnam Tabrizi, Professor of Engineering, Stanford University

Fereydoun Hoveyda, Former U.N. Ambassador to Iran and brother of Former Prime Minister of the Shah

Trita Parsi, President, National Iranian American Council

Dr. Milani will address the history of modernity in Iran. Dr. Mottahedeh will address the role of Islam and specifically, Shiism, in contemporary Iranian history. Mr. Hoveyda will address US Foreign Policy and the War on Iraq and their combined impact on the future of Iran. Dr. Tabrizi will address the contemporary situation in Iran. Mr. Parsi will address the expatriate Iranian community's reaction, role, and participation with respect to the shape of the current Iranian situation.