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Ahmad Sadri

Ahmad Sadri is Professor of Sociology and James P Gorter Chair of Islamic World Studies at Lake Forest College.

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Why Did Protests Erupt In Iran?
The Islamic Republic of Iran is the platypus of humanity's political evolution. Episodic Iranian unrest, from the focused, reformist uprising of 2009 (led by middle-class protesters of Tehran) to the current, wildly rejectionist riots (spearheaded by the underclass and the unemployed in the poor...
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