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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.
Mir Hossein Mousavi is the public face of Iran’s protest movement. His supporters claim he was the real winner of the election that returned President Ahmadinejad to power. But who is Mousavi, really? Would he differ from Ahmadinejad on the issues of nuclear development or Israel? We turn to Professor Hamid Dabashi, professor of Iranian Studies at Columbia University and author of Iran: A People Interrupted and Islamic Liberation Theology: Resisting the Empire.