The Slide to War with Iran: An Interview with Nader Hashemi by David Barsamian

Nader Hashemi is Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and teaches Middle East and Islamic politics at the Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He is the author of Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy and co-editor of The People Reloaded, The Syria Dilemma and Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East.
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 sent the proverbial shock waves throughout not just the Middle East but to Washington itself, which had banked heavily on the Shah as a key ally.
Mr. Hashmi is interviewed by David Barsamian. To read the text of the interview, click here: https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/the-slide-to-war-with-iran-an-interview-with-nader-hashemi/