Ilan Berman

Vice President for Policy, American Foreign Policy Council

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Vice President for Policy at the American Foreign Policy Council, a Washington, DC-based think-tank, and editor of Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States

Ilan Berman on KCRW

For the past several weeks, the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cracked down on signs of cultural openness and dissent in Iran.

Civil Unrest in Iran

For the past several weeks, the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cracked down on signs of cultural openness and dissent in Iran.

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