Former Iranian Political Prisoner CALLS OUT Diaspora Iranians Who Want To Bomb Iran

Iranian historian and sociologist Behrooz Ghamari, who was once on death row in Iran reflects on the politics of trauma & why his own experience never led him to support US-Israel regime change.

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Behrooz Ghamari is an Iranianborn American historian, sociologist, & professor, known for his work on the Iranian revolution & its aftermath. He is a fellow at the Center for Place, Culture, & Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center & is affiliated w/ the Institute of Iranian Studies at the University of Toronto. Formerly, he was Professor & Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies & Director of the Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University. He is the author of 4 books on different aspects & historical context of the Iranian revolution of 1979 & its aftermath"Islam & Dissent in PostRevolutionary Iran"; "Foucault in IranIslamic Revolution after the Enlightenment"; "Remembering AkbarInside the Iranian Revolution," & most recently "The Long War on IranNew Events, Old Questions."

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