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Amir Fakhravar: Obama's disgraceful silence on Iran

Center for Security Policy | Jun 24, 2009
By David Reaboi

Amir Fakhravar is an Iranian dissident, writer, and the Secretary General of the Confederation of Iranian Students in Washington, DC. Before coming to the US in 2006, Amir was jailed in Iran for his pro-democracy activities. Read Phil Klein's interview at and keep up to date with events in Iran at Amir's blog.

Here he addresses the Center for Security Policy's National Security Lunch meeting on the situation in Iran.

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