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Azar Nafisi: Reclaiming Iran's Identity

Azar Nafisi: Reclaiming Iran’s Identity

Where do Iranians who have stood up to their nation’s ruthless regime get their courage? For answers, I reached out to Azar Nafisi, author of the internationally acclaimed memoir, Reading Lolita in Tehran, following Iran’s traditional 40-day mourning period for the thousands of people killed during January’s nationwide demonstrations.

 

Michael Schulder: From a Researcher at ABC News; To a Writer at The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour on PBS; To my five years as a Writer for Peter Jennings at ABC World News Tonight; And 17 years as a Senior Executive Producer at CNN.

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