Where is the Islamic Republic Headed?
Video
is now available
Tuesday, February 15, 2000
10:00 AM -- 11:30 AM
U.S. Institute of Peace
1200 17th St.
2nd Floor
Washington, D.C.
"February 18: The Day of
Freedom for the
People. Victory. 6th Majles. We will solve the
people's problems. Unity."
This banner is by a conservative faction:
"The Followers of the Line of the Emam and the
Leader."
Iranians will go to the polls on February 18 to elect 290
members of the sixth majles, or parliament. At stake
is not only the composition of the majles itself, but
also the speakership and the balance of reformists to
conservatives in Iranian political life. In this session,
leading scholars of Iran and experts who have recently
traveled there will discuss the likely outcome of the
elections in Iran, the nature of present-day Iranian
politics, and prospects for change.
The presentations will be followed by questions from the floor.
Moderator:
- Elaine
Sciolino
Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace, and
Senior Writer, The New York Times
Speakers:
- Shaul Bakhash
Professor, George Mason University, and
former Peace Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace
- Farideh Farhi
Grantee, U.S. Institute of Peace, and
Independent Researcher
- Jon
B. Alterman
Program Officer, U.S. Institute of Peace
Archived Video (Available by Speaker)
Welcome
Running Time - 2 min • 3M Download*
Introduction
of Panel
Running Time - 3 min • 3M Download*
Remarks
of Shaul Bakhash
Running Time - 23 min • 19M Download*
Remarks
of Farideh Farhi
Running Time - 24 min • 20M Download*
Remarks
of Jon B. Alterman
Running Time - 12 min • 12M Download*
Q&A
Session
Running Time - 28 min • 29M Download*
*In
order to view the broadcast you will need to download and
install the free QuickTime
Player.
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