Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Friday’s parliamentary elections in Iran have been described as the last nail in the coffin of the reform movement. Others believe it’s just one chapter in a story that will end in a free, democratic Iran. A panel talks about the elections and how they might affect Iran’s relations with the rest of the world.
Guests
- Reuel Marc Gerecht Senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, former Middle East specialist for the CIA
- Ambassador Sam Lewis Former director of policy and planning for the State Department in the Clinton administration
- M. Hadi Semati Visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and professor of political science at the University of Tehran
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