Zócalo Public SquareSum Up Iran In Two Words – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Sum Up Iran In Two Words https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/11/04/sum-up-iran-in-two-words/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/11/04/sum-up-iran-in-two-words/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:01:31 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=51438 Back when relations between the United States and Iran were really bad, not just kind of bad, the Ayatollah Khomeini called the United States the “Great Satan” and a “wounded snake.” Today, things are looking up. Newly elected president Hassan Rouhani had a cordial phone call with President Obama, and negotiations to prevent Iran from enriching uranium for the construction of nuclear weapons are moving forward. So perhaps it’s time for a new set of nicknames. In advance of a Zócalo/Occidental College event, “Is Iran About to Become Our New Best Friend?”, we reached out to several people who study Iran for their thoughts on what is happening in that nation today. Specifically, in honor of former two-word nicknames, we wanted to know the following: What two words would you employ for Iran at this particular moment in time and why?

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