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Extendend interview: Dr Roham Alvandi on Iran, Britain, and the futures that might have been

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From Cold War power games to the cultural aspirations of the Pahlavi era, this extended conversation pulls back the curtain on the global forces that continue to shape - and be shaped by - Iran today. Dr Roham Alvandi is Director of the Iranian History Initiative at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
23 Mar English Germany Society & Culture

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