Ok so this is a little bit out of order, but on Tuesday I was able to go to a Carnegie Event that was really, really interesting! It was about Iran and the islamic fundamentalist government there! There were talking about how this green movement is rising in Iran and how this green movement wants to make the country more democratic, because many in Iran just want to be able to vote! They don't neccesarily want as democratic of a government as we have, they just want to vote, something I think we in the US sometimes take for granted!
The speakers were; Karim Sadjadpour, who is a Carnegie scholar, Abbas Milani, a professor from Stanford University, Gary Sick, a professor from Columbia University, and it was all moderated by NPR's Steve Inskeep! All these people were so smart, and the interns got asked to help with the Q&A where we passed out microphones for people who had questions!
Since I can't explain exactly what the event was about because I missed the beginning due to setting things us, you can go to ceip.org and find the event under Iran - One Year After the Disputed Election and Violent Crackdown. They have a video posted of the event so you can hear the speakers if you are interested
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