’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
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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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