’Big Differences’ between Egypt and Iran Revolutions
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’Big Differences’ between Egypt and Iran Revolutions

Explainer Video by Vali R. Nasr, Speaker

March 3, 2011 1:27 pm (EST)

’Big Differences’ between Egypt and Iran Revolutions
Explainer Video

Vali Nasr, Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, compares Egypt’s 2011 uprising to the 1979 Iranian revolution and 2009 Iranian Green Movement.

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