Faramarz Farbod interviews Ervand Abrahamian, emeritus distinguished professor of modern Iran’s history at the City University of New York. He is the author of Iran Between Two Revolutions, The Iranian Mojahedin, Khomeinism: Essays on the Islamic Republic, Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran, A History of Modern Iran, The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations, and most recently Oil Crisis in Iran: From nationalism to Coup d’Etat. He is currently working on a book about the 1979 revolution in Iran. This conversation covers the ongoing US-backed Israeli assault in Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, Zionism, U.S. policy, one-state vs two-state solutions, Iran’s role, the possibility of the conflict spreading regionally, and the question of genocide.
Originally aired on BCTV: 1/9/24
From the program: Centering on Peace
