With the election of Mohammad Khatami, reform-minded Iranians hope for discourse with the West, a policy that runs counter to fundamentalist opinion. In this program, President Khatami; Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar; Salam editor Abbas Abdi, leader of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover; and others address issues that stand between Iran and the U.S., Israel, Egypt, and other countries. In addition, the program profiles students attending the Faizieh Divinity School to reveal a powerful grassroots devotion to Islam that is not easily deterred by national and racial barriers. Which way will Iran go at this ideological crossroads? (53 minutes)
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