From autocratic strongmen to democratic internationalists, Hamish Macdonald examines the cultural, historical, and personal motives of people on the world stage.
What would we uncover if we ask the friends, enemies, colleagues and observers to 'Take me to Your Leader!'
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From autocratic strongmen to democratic internationalists, Hamish Macdonald examines the cultural, historical, and personal motives of people on the world stage.
What would we uncover if we ask the friends, enemies, colleagues and observers to 'Take me to Your Leader!'
He’s leader for life, his word is final in the highly factionalised theocratic regime of Iran and his influence extends across the flashpoints of the Middle East. Yet we know almost nothing about the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
And as you’ll hear, his loyalists defend him as stridently as his critics attack him.
Guests:
John Limbert – One of the 55 American hostages held in captivity in Iran in 1979
Arash Azizi - Iranian writer and Historian. Senior lecturer in political science and history at Clemson University
Fereshteh Sadeghi - Iranian journalist based in Tehran
Producers: Zoe Ferguson and Linda Lopresti
Executive Producer: Amruta Slee
Sound Engineer: John Jacobs
Take Me To Your Leader!
From autocratic strongmen to democratic internationalists, Hamish Macdonald examines the cultural, historical, and personal motives of people on the world stage.
What would we uncover if we ask the friends, enemies, colleagues and observers to 'Take me to Your Leader!'
